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)
Viburnum plicatum f. tomentosum 'Cascade'
Japanese snowball, Lacecap viburnum
Viburnum plicatum f. tomentosum 'Dart's Red Robin'
Japanese snowball, Lacecap viburnum
Viburnum sargentii 'Onondaga'
Sargent viburnum, Sargent cranberry bush
Viburnum tinus 'French White'
Laurustinus
Viburnum x bodnantense 'Deben'
Bodnant viburnum, Winter viburnum
Viburnum x burkwoodii 'Mohawk'
Burkwood viburnum, Mohawk viburnum
Viburnum x burkwoodii 'Park Farm Hybrid'
Burkwood viburnum, Dawn viburnum
Viburnum x hillieri 'Winton'
Hybrid viburnum, Hillier's viburnum
Camellia japonica 'Nuccio's Cameo'
Japanese camellia, Common camellia
Ceanothus 'Blue Mound'
California lilac, Redroot
Hebe 'Pink Candy'
Shrubby veronica
Ilex aquifolium 'Madame Briot'
Common holly, English holly, Hulver bush
Lavandula angustifolia 'Nana Alba'
True lavender, Old English lavender, Common lavender
Spiraea x cinerea 'Grefsheim'
Grefsheim spiraea
Berberis thunbergii 'Fireball'
Japanese barberry, Thunberg's barberry
Camellia japonica 'Berenice Boddy'
Japanese camellia, Common camellia
Camellia japonica 'Lovelight'
Japanese camellia, Common camellia
Camellia japonica 'Margaret Davis'
Japanese camellia, Common camellia
Camellia sasanqua 'Plantation Pink'
Sasanqua camellia
Camellia x williamsii 'Clarrie Fawcett'
William's hybrid camellia
Ceanothus 'Dark Star'
California lilac, Redroot
Fuchsia 'Annabel'
Ballerina plant, Lady's eardrops
Fuchsia 'Baby Blue Eyes'
Ballerina plant, Lady's eardrops
Fuchsia 'Chang'
Ballerina plant, Lady's eardrops
Fuchsia 'Eva Boerg'
Ballerina plant, Lady's eardrops
Fuchsia 'Madame Cornelissen'
Ballerina plant, Lady's eardrops
Fuchsia 'Swingtime'
Ballerina plant, Lady's eardrops
Ilex aquifolium 'Pyramidalis'
Self-fertile variety
Ilex crenata 'Fastigiata'
Slender box leaved holly, Japanese holly, Box leaved holly
Spiraea japonica Walberton's Plumtastic = 'Walplum'
Japanese spiraea, Japanese meadowsweet