What exactly are cat safe plants? They are plants proven to be non-toxic and generally non irritating in any way to our friends, the cats.
Plants are wonderful to have in and around the house. But if you have a cat, you need to know if your favorite house plant could possibly hurt your feline companion, or if it’s really OK for him. This article and the follow up, Cat Toxic Plants will help you learn the difference.
Which Plants Are Toxic? Find Out Here!
It’s difficult to know while in your local garden center or florist which plants (other than cat-grass) you can take home without risking harm to your kitty. If only nurseries would include a category for cat safe plants, things would be so much simpler!
A beautiful bouquet of lilies, for instance will kill your cat if he eats them. Any and all Lilies (even though some are not listed as toxic, I say take NO chances) MUST be kept away from cats. If however, you cat wants to munch on your African Violets, he will be just fine! There is no way to identify cat safe plants visually.
I will freely admit that I have not done all the research regarding the cat safe plants listed here. I have compiled this list by consulting various experts on the subject including the ASPCA website, local veterinarians, botanical societies and more. While cat safe plants are often safe for other pets, please research toxicity regarding other animals as the scope of my research has been limited to felines.
Spring 2010 Update! – Great news; Lilacs are NOT toxic to cats! Of course, you should not let them chew on them alot since it may irritate their mouth, but due to their bitter taste, that is unlikely to happen. So now that you know you can go ahead and bring some of that gorgeous scent and beautiful color indoors!
And just in time for Mothers day and summer, more good news from the ASPCA; There is currently no data indicating that roses (Rosa spp.) are poisonous to cats or other pets.
Cat Lady note: However, it is important to keep in mind that even plants considered to be non-toxic can produce minor stomach upset if ingested. In addition roses have thorns, which could cause injury to curious noses, mouths and paws. Because of this, it is still a good idea to discourage your cat from nibbling on them.
Of course, you can visit all the sites and collect the information on your own, but I felt the need to make sure that my readers would be able to refer to this list of cat safe plants quickly and easily from my cat site.
As a cat lover, I have long wanted a list for my own use that would tell me not only which plants are toxic to cats, but also which ones are safe. It may be hard to believe, but in all cases, when I have inquired at local greenhouses, garden shops and florists, no one seems to have any idea what to answer when I asked “What kind of cat safe plants do you have?”
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Achira Acorn Squash African Violet Algoroba Aluminum Plane Alumroot American Rubber Plant Anthericam Comosum Antirrhinum Multiflorum Arabian Gentian Aregelia Artillery Plant Aspidium Falcatum Aubepine Autumn Olive Baby Rubber Tree Plant Baby Tears Batchelors Button Ball Fern Bamboo Palm Bamboo Vine Bamboo Banana Banana Squash Begonia Species Belmore Sentry Palm Big Shellbark Hickory Bigonia Bitter Pecan Bitternut Black Haw Black Hawthorn Blaspheme Vine Bloodleaf Blooming Sally Blue Daisy Bluebottle Blunt Leaf Peperomia Blushing Bromiliad Bold Sword Fern Boston Fern Bottle Palm Bottlebrush Brazilian Orchid Bride’s Bonnet Bristly Greenbrier Brodiaea Pulchella Broom Hickory Bullbrier Bur Gourd Burro’s Tail Buttercup Squash Butterfly Ginger Butterfly Iris Butterfly Squash Butterfly Tulip Butterfly Orchid Button Fern Caeroba Calathea Insignis California Pitcher Plant Callistemon Citrinis Callistemon Bradyandrus Callistemon Viminalis Calochortus Nuttali Calthea Lancifolia Camellia Canada Hemlock Canary Date Palm Candle Plant Candycorn Plant Canterbury-bell Cape Jasmine Cape Primrose Carob Tree Carob Caroba Carobinha Carolina Hemlock Carrion Flower Carrot Fern Carrot Flower Casaba Melon Cast Iron Plant Cat Ear Cat Brier Cattleya Labiata Celosia Plumosa Celosia Spicata Celosia Globosa Chamaedorian Humilis Chaparral Snapdragon Chestnut Chicken-gizzard Plant Chickens and hens Chin-lao-shu China Root China Aster Chinese Plumbago Chlorophytum Chlorophytum Bichetii Chocolate Soldier Plant Christmas Dagger Fern Christmas Palm Christmas Orchid Cinnamon Jasmine Cinquefoil Cirrhopetalum Clearweed Cliff Brake Fern Club Moss Cocks Comb Cosktail Orchid Collenia Elegans Color-band Cryptanthus Columnar Cactus Common Garden Canna Common Snapdragon Common Camelia Common catbrier Common Staghorn Fern Common Greenbrier Confederate Jasmine Coolwort Copper Rose Copperlead Coral Berry Coral Ardisia Coral Bells Cornflower Crape Myrtle Crataegus Phaenopyrum Crataegus spp. Creeping Charlie Creeping Pilea Creeping Rubus Creeping Gloxinia Creeping Zinnia Creeping Mahonia Crepe Myrtle Crimson Bottlebrush Crimson Cup Crisped Feather Fern Crossandra Cucumber Cushion Moss Cushion Aloe Cytrudera Reptans Dainty Dainty Rabbit’s Foot Fern Dallas Fern Dancing Doll Orchid Davallia Bullata Mariessi Davallia Trichomanoides Desert Trumpet Dichelostemma Dishorisandra Reginae Dinteranthus Vanzylii Duffii Fern Duffy Fern Dwarf Feather Fern Dwarf Rose-Stripe Star Dwarf Palm Dwarf Royal Palm Dwarf Date Palm Dwarf Whitman Fern Earth Star Easter Cattelya Easter Daisy Easter Orchid Easter Lilly Cactus Edible Banana Elephant-Ear Begonia Emerald Ripple Peperomia English Hawthorn Epinedrum Ibaguense Epinedrum Epinedrum Atopupeum Episcia spp. Fairy Fountain False Aralia Fan Tufted Palm Feather Fern Feathered Amaranth Fiery Reed Orchid Fig Leaf Gourd Figleaf Palm Fingernail Plant Fire Weed Fish Tail Fern Flameof the Woods Flame African Violet Flame Violet Florida Butterfly Orchid Fluffy Ruffles | Forster Sentry Palm Fortunes Palm Freckle Face Friendship Plant Frosty Garden Snapdragon Garden Marigold German Violet Gherkins Ghost Plant Ghost Leafless Orchid Giant White Inch Plant Giant Holly Fern Giant Aster Gibasis Geniculata Globe Thistle Gloxinia Gold Bloom Gold-fish Plant Golden Shower Orchid Golden Aster Golden Bells Good Luck Palm Grape Hyacinth Grape Ivy Great WIllow Herb Green Ripple Peperomia Greenbrier Hagbrier Hardy Gloxinia Hardy Baby Tears Hawthoria Haws Apple Haws Hawthorn Hedgehog gourd Hellfetter Hemlock Tree Hen and Chickens Fern Hen and Chickens Hickory Hindu Rope Plant Holligold Holly Fern Holly Hock Honey Plant Honey Locust Honeydew Melons Honeysuckle FUscia Hookera Pulchella Horse Brier Hoya’Mauna Loa’ Hoya Carnosa ‘Exotica’ Hoya Carnosa ‘Krinkle’ Hoya Carnosa ‘variegata’ Hubbard Squash Hypocyrta spp. Ice Plant Imbricata Sword Fern Irish Moss Iron Cross Begonia Iron Tree Ivy-leaf Peperomia Ivy Peperomia Jackson Brier Jacob’s Ladder Japanese Aralia Japanese Pittosporum Japanese Moss Japanese Holly Fern Jasmine Jewel Orchid Joseph’s Coat Jungle Geranium Kaempferis Kahali Ginger Kenilworth Ivy Kentia Palm Kenya Palm Kenya Violet Kharoub King and Queen Fern King of the Forest King Nut Kuang-yen-pa-hseih Lace Flower vine Lace Orchid Ladies Ear Drops Lady Lou Lady Palm Lagerstromia Indica Lance Pleumele Large Lady Palm Laurel Leaved Greenbrier Mulberry Tree Leather Peperomia Leng-fen tu’an Leopard Orchid Leopard Lily Lesser Snapdragon Lilac Lily of the Valley Orchid Linden Lipstick Plant Little Fantasy Peperomia Little Zebra Plant Living Rock Cactus Living Stones Locust Pods Lou-lang-t’ou Luther Madagascar Jasmine Magnolia Bush Mahonia Aquafolium Malabar Gourd Malaysian Draecema Manila Palm Mapleleaf Begonia Maranta Marbled Fingernail Mariposa Lily Maroon Mary Bud Measles Plant Melons Matallic Peperomia Metallic Leaf Begonia Mexican Firecracker Mexican Snowballs Mexican Rosettes Miniature Maranta Miniature Marble Plant Miniature Fish Tail Miniature Dat Palm Mistletoe Cactus Mockernut Hickory Mosiac Plant Mosiac Vase Moss Phlox Moss Agate Moss Rose Moss Campion Moss Fern Mossy Campion Mother Fern Mother of Pearl Plant Mother Spleenwort Mountain Camelia Mountain Grape Mulberry Bush Musa Paradisiaca Muscari spp. Muscari Armeniacum MuskmelonNarrow Leafed Pleomele Natal Plum Neanthe Bella Palm Neanthebella Nematanthus spp. Neoregelia Nephrolepsis Nerve Plant New Silver and Bronze Night Blooming Cereus Odontoglossum ssp. Old World Orchid Old Man Cactus Orange Star Oregeon Grape Ossifragi Vase Paddys wig Painted Lady Palm Lily Pampus Grass Panamiga Pansy Orchid Paradise Palm Parlor Plant Parsley Fern Peace Begonia Peacock Plant Pearl Plant Pearly Dots Peperomia Peltifolia | Peperomia Rotundifolia Peperomia Fosteri Peperomia Sandersii Peperomia Hederifolia Pepper Face Persian Violet Pheasant Plant Piggy Back Plant Pigmy Date Palm Pignut Hickory Pignut Pilea Mucosa Pink Polka Dot Plant Pink Pearl Pink Starlite Pink Brocade Pirleterio Pitaya Plantanus Occidentalis Plantanus Orientalis Platinum Peperomia Platycerium Alicicorne Plumbago Larpentiae Plush Plant Polka Dot Plant Polystichum Falcatum Pony Tail Porcelain Flower Pot Marigold Prarie SnowballPrairie Lily Prayer Plant Prickly Bottlebrush Prostrate Coleus Purple Waffle Plant Purple Baby Tears Purple Passion Vine Purpelosier Willow Queen’s Spiderwort Queencup Queens Spiderwort Queensland Arrowroot Rabbits Foot Fern Rainbow Orchid Red African Violet Red Veined Prayer Plant Red Berried Greenbrier Red Hawthorne Red Palm Lily Red Edge Peperomia Reed Palm Rex Begonia Rhynchophorum Ribbon Plant Roosevelt Fern Royal Velvet Plant Rubber Plant,baby Russian Olive Saffrom Spike Zebra Saint Bernards Lily Sand Lily Sand Verbena Satin Pellionia Sawbrier Scabious Scarborough Lily Scarlet Orchid Scarlet Sage Sego Lily Shagbark Hickory Shan Ku’ei-lai Shellbark Hickory Shiny Leaf Smilax Shrimp Cactus Silver Nerve Plant Silver Table Fern Silver Pink Vine Silver Bell Silver Heart Silver Star Silver Berry Silver Leaf Peperomia Silver Tree Anamiga Slender Deutzia Small Fruited Hickory Smilax Tamnoides vas Hispida Speckled Wood Lily Spice Orchid Spider Ivy Spider Plant Spotted Laurel Squarenut Squirrels Foot fern Star Jasmine Star Plant Star Tulip Star Window Plant Star Lily Strawberry Striped Blushing Sugar Pods Sulfur Flower Summer Hyacinth Swedish Ivy Sweet William Sweetheart Peperomia Sweetheart Hoya Sword Fern Tahitian Bridal Veil Tailed Orchid Tall Feather Fern Tall Mahonia Teasel Gourd Texas Sage Thea Japonica Thimble Cactus Thorn Apple Ti Hu-ling Tiger Orchid Toad Spotted Cactus Torch Lily Tous-les-mois Trailing Peperomia Tree Cactus Tree Gloxinia Tropical Moss True Canteloupe Tu Fu-ling Tulip Poplar Tulip Tree Turban Squash Turf Lily Umbrella Plant Urbinia Agavoides Usambara Violet Varigated Philodendron Leaf peperomia Varigated Wax Plant Varigated Wandering Jew Varigated Oval Leaf Peperomia Varigated Laurel Velvet Plant Venus Fly Trap Verona Fern Verona Lace Fern Vining Peperomia Violet Slipper Gloxinia Waffle Plant Walking Anthericum Washington Hawthorn Water Hickory Watermelon Peperomia Watermelon Begonia Watermelon Pilea Wax Plant Wax Rosette Weeping Sargeant Hemlock Weeping Bottlebrush Weisdornbluten West Indian Gherkin Western Sword White Edged Swedish Ivy White Heart Hickory White Ginger Whitman Fern Wild Buckwheat Wild Sasparilla Wild Lantana Wild Strawberry Wild Hyacinth Willow Herb Windmill Palm Winter Cattleya Withered Snapdragon Woolflower Yellow-flowered Gourd Yellow Bloodleaf Yerba Linda Zebra Hawthoria Zebra Olant Zinnia Zucchini Squash |
On this page, I have listed Cat Safe Plants. To find out which plants are poisonous to cats and what to do in the case of a poisoning incident, please visit my page on cat toxic plants.
Please note that while all the information on my pages and lists is as accurate as I can provide, I cannot legally make any claims or warranties as to the completeness or accuracy of the information. When in doubt, especially with regard to cat toxic plants, always consult with your veterinarian.