Toxic plants for pets can cause heartbreak. We all love our pets and when you are a plant lover as well, you want to make sure that your house plants and your pets can live together happily. Knowing what toxic house plants you have in your home or being able to identify poison plants is important to keeping your pet happy and healthy.
Identify poison plants
With so many house plants available today, it is hard to know which are poison house plants. While there is no tell tail signs that a plant is poisonous, there are a few standard signs that can help you identify potentially poison plants. These signs for possible poison plants are:
- Milky Sap
- Naturally shiny leaves
- Plants that have yellow or white berries
- Umbrella shaped plants
While following this list will not eliminate all toxic house plants, it will help steer you clear of a great many of them.
A few common poison house plants:
- Amaryllis
- Balsam Fir
- Calla lily
- Caladium
- Century plant
- Chinaberry
- Coffee plant
- Dumb cane
- Elephant’s ear
- Ficus or weeping fig
- Plumeria
- Ivy (all kinds)
- Lily
- Philodendron
- Rubber plant
- Snake plant
- String of beads
- Umbrella plant
There are also many non-toxic plants for pets.
Common non-toxic house plants include:
- African Violet
- Boston fern
- Cast iron plant
- China Doll
- Christmas Cactus
- Coleus
- Dracaena
- Orchids
- Pink polka-dot plant
- Prayer Plant
- Spider plant
- Ti plant
- Yucca
If you are a pet owner, you know that keeping your house free of poison house plants is important. Learning to identify poison plants and buy only non-toxic house plants will keep your pet happy and healthy.