Best Pet-Safe Plants

Non-toxic picks for gardens shared with curious dogs and cats.

Showing the top 30 of 1237 matching plants, ranked by nursery availability, then native status. The Plant Finder searches all 1237.

1. 
   'ohi'a lehua Metrosideros polymorphaZone 9+ · full sun · 65 ft · native
2. 
   alderleaf buckthorn Rhamnus alnifoliaZone 3+ · shade · 3 ft · native
3. 
   alkali cordgrass Spartina gracilisZone 3+ · full sun · 3 ft · native
4. 
   alkali sacaton Sporobolus airoidesZone 3+ · full sun · 3 ft · native
5. 
   alpine aster Aster alpinusZone 4+ · part shade · 0.3 ft · native
6. 
   alpine bluegrass Poa alpinaZone 3+ · part shade · 1.7 ft · native
7. 
   alpine mountainsorrel Oxyria digynaZone 2+ · part shade · 1 ft · native
8. 
   alpine sweetvetch Hedysarum alpinumZone 1+ · full sun · 2 ft · native
9. 
   alpine timothy Phleum alpinumZone 2+ · part shade · 1.4 ft · native
10. 
    American alpine speedwell Veronica wormskjoldiiZone 4+ · part shade · 1 ft · native
11. 
    American basswood Tilia americanaZone 2+ · shade · 100 ft · native
12. 
    American beachgrass Ammophila breviligulataZone 7+ · full sun · 3 ft · native
13. 
    American beautyberry Callicarpa americanaZone 7+ · part shade · 9 ft · native
14. 
    American beech Fagus grandifoliaZone 2+ · shade · 80 ft · native
15. 
    American bittersweet Celastrus scandensZone 3+ · shade · 15 ft · native
16. 
    American black elderberry Sambucus nigraZone 4+ · full sun · 7 ft · native
17. 
    American bur-reed Sparganium americanumZone 3+ · part shade · 3.2 ft · native
18. 
    American cranberrybush Viburnum opulusZone 3+ · part shade · 6 ft · native
19. 
    American dunegrass Leymus mollisZone 7+ · full sun · 4 ft · native
20. 
    American eelgrass Vallisneria americanaZone 3+ · full sun · 1 ft · native
21. 
    American elm Ulmus americanaZone 2+ · part shade · 120 ft · native
22. 
    American hazelnut Corylus americanaZone 3+ · part shade · 10 ft · native
23. 
    American holly Ilex opacaZone 5+ · shade · 40 ft · native
24. 
    American hornbeam Carpinus carolinianaZone 3+ · shade · 30 ft · native
25. 
    American lotus Nelumbo luteaZone 3+ · full sun · 3 ft · native
26. 
    American mountain ash Sorbus americanaZone 3+ · part shade · 40 ft · native
27. 
    American sloughgrass Beckmannia syzigachneZone 3+ · part shade · 3 ft · native
28. 
    American speedwell Veronica americanaZone 3+ · shade · 0.8 ft · native
29. 
    American sycamore Platanus occidentalisZone 3+ · part shade · 100 ft · native
30. 
    American water horehound Lycopus americanusZone 3+ · shade · 1.8 ft · native

Every plant here is drawn from the USDA PLANTS database; the traits behind this list are quoted from it, not estimated. See data & sources.

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