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Poisonous plants for pets

Pets, Pet Care & Native Animals

Poisonous plants for pets

Anemones or windflowers (Anemone coronaria)
Bulbs (daffodils, tulips, jonquils, snowdrops)
Caladium bicolour (indoor foliage plant)
Castor oil plant (Ricinus communis)
Calice vine (Solandra maxima)
Cherry tree (Prunus serrulata)
Clematis (Clematis sp.)
Cotoneaster (Cotoneaster glaucophylla)
Cycads (notably their seed pods)
Daffodils (Narcissus)
Daphne (Daphne odora)
Delphinium
Devil’s ivy (Epipremnum aureum)
Dicentra (Dicentra spectabilis)
Dieffenbachia
Euphorbias (poinsettias, Euphorbia characias wulfenii)
Food around the house: ie, apricot kernels, avocados, chocolate, grapes, macadamia nuts, onions, potatoes, raisins, sultanas are all potentially poisonous to pets
Foxglove (Digitalis purpurea)
Golden robinia (Robinia pseudoacacia ‘Frisia’)
Hellebore (Helleborus orientalis)
Hemlock (Conium maculatum)
Holly (Ilex varieties)
Hydrangeas
Indoor plants: many are poisonous to pets, so keep all indoor plants out of the reach of puppies and kittens especially, but also adult dogs and cats.
Iris
Jerusalem cherry (Solanum pseudo-capsicum)
Jasmines (the climbers)
Lantana (Lantana camara)
Lilac (Syringa varieties)
Liliums (especially dangerous to cats)
Madagascar jasmine (Stephanotis)
Mountain laurel (Kalmia varieties)
Mushrooms and toadstools
Nightshade (Solanum nigrum)
Oaks (Quercus varieties)
Oleanders (Nerium oleander, Thevetia peruviana)
Onions
Philodendron
Pines (eg, savin, Juniperus sabina, also several others)
Poinciana (not the tropical tree, but the shrub Caesalpinia pulcherrima)
Potatoes and green potatoes
Privet (Ligustrum varieties)
Pyracantha
Rhododendrons (including azaleas)
Rhubarb (leaves)
Snowdrops (Galanthus)
Snowflakes (Leucojum)

Stephanotis
Strelitzias (Strelitzia reginae, S. nicolai)
Sweet peas
Toadstools
Tomatoes
Tulips
Walnuts
Wandering jew (Tradescantia)
Wisteria
Yesterday, today and tomorrow (Brunfelsia)
Yew (Taxus varieties)

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