Is your garden dog friendly? | Dog Health

With Spring approaching many people will be refreshing the seasonal plants in their gardens but how many are actually dog-friendly? Are the plants in your gardens safe if they are to be consumed or touched. Reactions can range from skin irritation to death, the following list has been compiled from various source over the years. It does not supply a complete list of plants and is only intended as a guide. If you suspect your pets have come into contact with any of the plants on the list and are showing any reaction please contact your vet immediately. I am also going to apologise for the length of this list but thank you; for reading if you managed to read all the way to the end 🙂 I intend to make a printable PDF version of this over the coming months.

 

Plants that are NOT dog friendly?

Not all plants are poisonous but they have other reactions so I have used a scale from 1 – 4 to describe the affects of the plant.

Plant Name	Toxicity Level	Plant parts to avoid	Consumption or Touch
Aconite	1	Roots, Leaves & Seeds	Consumption
Angel’s Trumpet	1	Entire Plant	Consumption
Angel Wings	1	Entire Plant	Consumption
Apple	1	Seeds	Consumption
Avocado	1	Fruit & Pith	Consumption
Azalea	1	Entire Plant	Consumption
Bracken	1	Entire Plant	Consumption
Castor Bean	1	Bark, Leaves & Seeds	Consumption
Checkered Lilly	1	Bulb	Consumption
Cherry	1	Seeds/Kernels	Consumption
Chinaberry	1	Fruit	Consumption
Chokecherry	1	Leaves	Consumption
Christmas Rose	1	Leaves & roots	Consumption
Climbing Lilly	1	Entire Plant	Consumption
Cocoa Husks or Mulch	1	Entire Plant	Consumption
Corn Cockle	1	Entire Plant	Consumption
Cyclamen	1	Entire Plant	Consumption
Daphne	1	Fruit	Consumption
Deadly Nightshade	1	Leaves, Stem & Fruit	Consumption
Delphinium	1	Seeds & Young Plants	Consumption
Devil’s Fig	1	Entire Plant	Consumption
Dieffenbachia	1	Entire Plant	Consumption
Dwarf Morning Glory	1	Entire Plant	Consumption
Woody Nightshade	1	Leaves, Stem & Fruit	Consumption
Lily of the Valley Bush	1	Entire Plant	Consumption
Larkspur	1	Entire Plant	Consumption
False Hellebore	1	Roots, Seeds & Leaves	Consumption
Flowering Tobacco	1	Leaves	Consumption
Foxglove	1	Leaves, Flowers & Seeds	Consumption
German Primula	1	Entire Plant	Consumption
Glory Lilly	1	Entire Plant	Consumption
Golden Chain	1	Seeds	Consumption
Granny’s Bonnets	1	Entire Plant	Consumption
Henbane	1	Entire Plant	Consumption
Japanese Spindle	1	Entire Plant	Consumption
Jerusalem Cherry	1	Leaves & Fruit	Consumption
Jessamine	1	Fruit	Consumption
Jimsonweed	1	Entire Plants	Consumption
Kalanchoe	1	Entire Plant	Consumption
Kingcup	1	Entire Plant	Consumption
Laburnum	1	Leaves & Seeds	Consumption
Lantana	1	Leaves & Fruit	Touch
Larkspur	1	Young Plant & Seeds	Consumption
Lenton Rose	1	Entire Plant	Consumption
Lupine	1	Seeds	Consumption
Meadow Rue	1	Entire Plant	Consumption
Morning Glory	1	Seeds	Consumption
Monkshood	1	Roots	Touch
Naked Ladies	1	Entire Plant	Consumption
Narcissus	1	Bulb	Consumption
Onion	1	Entire Plant	Consumption
Poison Hemlock	1	Entire Plant	Consumption
Pokeroot	1	Entire Plant	Consumption
Pokeweed	1	Entire Plant	Consumption
Poppy	1	Unripe Seedpod	Consumption
Ragwort	1	Entire Plant	Consumption
Raisins	1	Fruit	Consumption
Rape	1	Entire Plant	Consumption
Cuban Lilly	1	Entire Plant	Consumption
Savin	1	Entire Plant	Consumption
Schefflera	1	Entire Plant	Consumption
Spider Plant	1	Entire Plant	Consumption
Star of Bethlehem	1	Entire Plant	Consumption
Water Hemlock	1	Entire Plant	Consumption
Aloe Vera	2	Entire Plant	Consumption
African Boxwood	2	Leaves	Consumption
Birds of Paradise	2	Seeds	Consumption
Bittersweet	2	Entire Plant	Consumption
Calico Bush	2	Entire Plant	Consumption
Dragontree	2	Entire Plant	Consumption
Elderberry	2	Entire Plant	Consumption
European Spindle	2	Entire Plant	Consumption
Hurricane Plant	2	Bulb	Consumption
Kale	2	Entire Plant	Consumption
Locust	2	Entire Plant	Consumption
Marijuana	2	Entire Plant	Consumption
May Apple	2	Fruit, Roots & Leaves	Consumption
Moroccan Broom	2	Entire plant	Consumption
Mother in law’s Tongue	2	Leaves	Consumption
Wild Onion	2	Entire Plant	Consumption
Scotch Broom	2	Entire Plant	Consumption
Buck Eye	2	Seeds	Consumption
Burning Bush	2	Entire Plants	Consumption
California Buckeye	2	Seeds	Consumption
Flannel Flower	2	Entire Plant	Consumption
Golden Chain Tree	2	Seeds	Consumption
Holly	2	Leaves & Fruit	Consumption
Horse Chestnut	2	Entire Plant	Consumption
Leopard Lilly	2	Entire Plant	Consumption
Mountain Laurel	2	Entire Plant	Consumption
Oak Tree	2	Leaves & Acorns	Consumption
Pokeweed	2	Entire Plant	Consumption
Sago Palm	2	Leaves & Seeds	Consumption
Starflower	2	Entire Plant	Consumption
St. Johns Wart	2	Entire Plant	Consumption
Sweet Pea	2	Seeds	Consumption
Umbrella Plant	2	Entire Plant	Consumption
Wax tree	2	Entire Plant	Consumption
Windflower	2	Entire Plant	Consumption
Wisteria	2	Pods & Seeds	Consumption
Yew Pine	2	Seeds	Consumption
Dumb Cane	3	Leaves	Consumption
Rhubarb	3	Leaves	Consumption
Baby’s Breath	4	Entire Plant	Consumption
Balsam Fir	4	Needles	Consumption
Bleeding Heart	4	Entire Plant	Consumption
English Daisy	4	Entire Plant	Consumption
Fig	4	Sap	Consumption
Fiddle-leaf Fig	4	Sap	Consumption
Paspalum	4	Seeds	Consumption
Sprengers Asparagus	4	Fruit & Sap	Touch
Stinging Nettles	4	Leaves & Stem	Touch
Arborvitea	1 & 4	Entire Plant	Consumption
Autumn Crocus	1 & 4	Entire Plant	Consumption
Castor Bean	1 & 4	Leaves & Seeds	Consumption
Echium	1 & 4	Entire Plant	Consumption
Hydrangea	1 & 4	Entire Plant	Consumption
Lilly of the Valley	1 & 4	Entire Plant	Consumption
Lobelia	1 & 4	Entire Plant	Consumption
Milkweed	1 & 4	Entire Plant	Consumption
Oleander	1 & 4	Entire Plant	Consumption
Yellow Oleander	1 & 4	Entire Plant	Consumption
Tomato	1 & 4	Leaves & Stem	Consumption
African Blue Lilly	2 & 4	Sap	Touch
Amaryllis	2 & 4	Bulb	Consumption
Belladonna Lilly	2 & 4	Bulb & Sap	Consumption
Blood Lilly	2 & 4	Entire Plant	Consumption
Buckthorn	2 & 4	Fruit	Consumption
Buttercup	2 & 4	Entire Plant	Consumption
Carnation	2 & 4	Entire Plant	Consumption
Chrysanthemum	2 & 4	Entire Plant	Consumption
Crinum Lilly	2 & 4	Bulb	Consumption
Clematis	2 & 4	Entire Plant	Consumption
Cuckoo Pint	2 & 4	Entire Plant	Consumption
Persian Violet	2 & 4	Root	Consumption
Daffodil	2 & 4	Bulb	Consumption
Fruit Salad Plant	2 & 4	Entire Plant	Consumption
Hyacinth	2 & 4	Bulb	Consumption
Iris	2 & 4	Entire Plant	Consumption
Ivy	2 & 4	Fruit	Consumption
Kaffir Lilly	2 & 4	Entire Plant	Consumption
Mistletoe	2 & 4	Fruit	Consumption
Peruvian Lilly	2 & 4	Entire Plant	Touch
Poinsettia	2 & 4	Entire Plant	Consumption
Primrose	2 & 4	Leaves	Consumption
Privet	2 & 4	Leaves & Fruit	Consumption
Snowdrop	2 & 4	Bulb	Consumption
Swiss Cheese Plant	2 & 4	Entire Plant	Consumption
Taro Vine	2 & 4	Entire Plant	Consumption
Tulip	2 & 4	Bulb, Stem & Flower	Consumption
Anthurium	3 & 4	Entire Plant	Touch
Caladium	3 & 4	Entire Plant	Touch
Calla Lilly	3 & 4	Entire Plant	Consumption
Chinese Evergreen	3 & 4	Entire Plant	Consumption
Elephant’s Ear	3 & 4	Stem	Consumption
Heart Leaf	3 & 4	Entire Plant	Consumption
Iceland Poppy	3 & 4	Entire Plant	Consumption
Jack-in-the-Pulpit	3 & 4	Entire Plant	Consumption
Pothos	3 & 4	Entire Plant	Consumption
Peace Lilly	3 & 4	Leaves	Consumption
Split-Leaf Philodendron	3 & 4	Entire Plant	Consumption
Taro	3 & 4	Entire Plant	Consumption

Disclaimer: I am not a veterinarian and I am conveying knowledge I have learnt throughout the years. If you are worried about a particular plant and or it’s affects please consult your veterinarian.

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