Pet-friendly shrubs
Shrubs give your garden structural interest and most are perfectly safe for pets. Choose with confidence from this list of shrubs which are non-toxic to pets and which have the RHS Award of Garden Merit as robust and garden worthy plants. Photinia is not included in this list as it is toxic to horses, ruminants and grazing animals, though it is safe for dogs and cats.
Plants (318)
Hebe 'Pewter Dome'
Hebe 'Wiri Charm'
Hebe albicans
White hebe
Hebe Blue Star = 'Vergeer 1'
Hebe pimeleoides 'Quicksilver'
Glaucous blue flowered hebe
Hebe rakaiensis
Rakaia valley hebe
Hebe recurva 'Boughton Silver'
Rock hebe
Hebe topiaria
Topiary hebe
Ilex aquifolium 'Golden Queen'
Common holly, English holly, Hulver bush
Ilex aquifolium 'Handsworth New Silver'
Common holly, English holly, Hulver bush
Ilex aquifolium 'Pyramidalis Fructu Luteo'
Yellow fruited holly
Ilex crenata 'Convexa'
Convex box-leaved holly
Ilex crenata 'Green Hedger'
Japanese holly, Box leaved holly
Ilex x altaclerensis 'Belgica Aurea'
Highclere hybrid hollies, Highclere hybrid holly, Altaclera holly
Ilex x altaclerensis 'Camelliifolia'
Altaclera holly, Camellia leafed English holly, Highclere hybrid holly, Altaclera holly
Ilex x altaclerensis 'Lawsoniana'
Highclere hybrid holly, Altaclera holly
Lavandula 'Pretty Polly'
Lavender
Lavandula 'Willow Vale'
French lavender, Butterfly lavender
Lavandula angustifolia 'Beechwood Blue'
True lavender, Old English lavender, Common lavender
Lavandula angustifolia 'Folgate'
True lavender, Old English lavender, Common lavender
Lavandula angustifolia 'Imperial Gem'
True lavender, Old English lavender, Common lavender
Lavandula angustifolia 'Little Lady'
Lavender
Lavandula angustifolia 'Miss Katherine'
True lavender, Old English lavender, Common lavender
Lavandula angustifolia Little Lottie = 'Clarmo'
True lavender, Old English lavender, Common lavender
Lavandula pedunculata subsp. pedunculata 'James Compton'
French lavender, Butterfly lavender
Lavandula x chaytoriae 'Richard Gray'
Soft leaved lavender
Lavandula x intermedia 'Hidcote Giant'
Lavandin, Intermediate lavender
Parahebe lyallii 'Julie-Anne'
Lyall's parahebe
Phormium 'Duet'
Flax lily, New Zealand flax
Phormium tenax Purpureum Group
New Zealand hemp
Pittosporum 'Arundel Green'
Tawhiwhi, Kohuhu
Pittosporum eugenioides 'Variegatum'
Variegated lemonwood
Pittosporum tenuifolium 'Warnham Gold'
Tawhiwhi, Kohuhu
Pittosporum tobira
Japanese mock orange, Tobira, Japanese pittosporum, Australian laurel
Skimmia japonica 'Nymans'
Japanese skimmia
Skimmia x confusa 'Kew Green'
Hybrid skimmia
Spiraea betulifolia 'Tor Gold'
White spiraea, Birch leaf spiraea
Spiraea japonica 'Dart's Red'
Japanese spiraea, Japanese meadowsweet
Spiraea thunbergii
Thunberg's spiraea
Viburnum 'Eskimo'
Arrowwood
Viburnum 'Pragense'
Prague viburnum
Viburnum carlesii 'Aurora'
Korean spice viburnum, Carles viburnum
Viburnum cinnamomifolium
Cinnamon-leaved viburnum
Viburnum farreri
Fragrant viburnum, Farrer's viburnum
Viburnum furcatum
Forked viburnum
Viburnum opulus 'Xanthocarpum'
Guelder rose, European cranberry bush
Viburnum plicatum 'Pink Beauty'
Japanese snowball, Lacecap viburnum
Viburnum plicatum 'Popcorn'
Japanese snowball, Lacecap viburnum