Pet friendly plants

My finance and I just moved into a fantastic new apartment that sports one extremely cool feature: a sun porch! On the second floor this is a treat, and after the initial thrill of having one set in we were all “well, what exactly can we do with this...” Making it into a cat habitat for our beloved Boogie, seemed only appropriate. Since the room has ample sunlight we wanted to put tons of plants in there – Boogie enjoys plants. He enjoys knocking them over, eating them, sniffing them, and generally being in the company of them...but what plants are cat friendly? I did some research and I'm happy to share my findings with you. Below, see a complete list of cat (and dog) friendly plants that you can enjoy, reasons to get plants, things to watch out for, and a link to the updated TOXIC plant list from the ASPCA.

Pet-friendly plants:

A

Achira

Acorn squash

African violet

Algaroba

Aluminum plant

Alumroot

American rubber

Anthericum comosum

Antirrhinum multiflorum

Arabian gentian

Aregelia

Artillery plant

Aspidium falcatum

Aubepine

Autumn olive

B

Bachelors buttons

Ball fern

Bamboo

Bamboo palm

Bamboo vine

Banana

Banana squash

Begonia species

Belmore sentry palm

Big shellbark hickory

Bitter pecan

Bitternut

Black haw

Black hawthorn

Blaspheme vine

Bloodleaf

Blooming sally

Bluebottle

Blue bead

Blue daisy

Blue echeveria

Blue-dicks

Blue-eyed daisy

Blunt leaf peperomia

Blushing bromeliad

Bold sword fern

Boston fern

Bottlebrush

Bottle Palm

Brazilian orchid

Bride's bonnet

Bristly greenbrier

Broom hickory

Brodiaea pulchella

Butterfly ginger

Butterfly iris

Bullbrier

Bur gourd

Burro's tail

Buttercup squash

Butterfly squash

C

Caeroba

Calathea insignis

Calthea lancifolia

California pitcher plant

Callistemon bradyandrus

Callistemon viminalis

Callistemon citrinus

Calochortus nuttalli

Camellia

Canada hemlock

Canary date palm

Candle plant

Candycorn plant

Canna lily

Cantebury-bell

Cape jasmine

Cape primrose

Carob

Carob tree

Caroba

Carobinha

Carolina hemlock

Carrion flower

Carrot flower

Carrot fern

Casaba melon

Cast Iron plant

Cat brier

Cat ear

Cattleya labiata

Celosia globosa

Celosia plumosa

Celosia spicata

Chamaedorean

Chaparral

Chenille plant

Chestnut

Chicken-gizzard

Chickens and hens

Chin-lao-shu

China aster

China root

Chinese plumbago

Chlorophytum

Chlorophytum bechetii

Chocolate soldier

Christmas dagger

Christmas palm

Christmas orchid

Cinnamon

Cinquefoil

Cirrhopetalum

Clearweed

Cliff brake

Cocks comb

Cocktail orchid

Collinia elegans

Color-band

Columnar

Common camellia

Common catbrier

Common garden canna

Common greenbrier

Common snapdragon

Common staghorn fern

Confederate jasmine

Coolwort

Copperlead

Copper rose

Coralardisia

Coral bells

Coralberry

Cornflower

Crape myrtle

Crataegus phaenopyrum

Crataegus spp.

Creeping charlie

Creeping gloxinia

Creeping mahonia

Creeping pilea

Creeping rubus

Creeping zinnia

Crepe myrtle

Crimson bottlebush

Crimson cup

Crisped feather fern

Crossandra

Cucumber

Cushon aloe

Cushion moss

Cyrtudeira reptans

D

Dainty

Dainty rabbits-foot fern

Dallas fern

Dancing doll orchid

Davallia bullata mariessi

Davallia trichomanoides

Desert trumpet

Dichelostemma

Dichorisandra reginae

Dinteranthus vanzylii

Duffii fern

Duffy fern

Dwarf date palm

Dwarf feather fern

Dwarf palm

Dwarf Rose-Stripe Star

Dwarf royal palm

Dwarf whitman fern

E

Earth star

Easter cattleya

Easter daisy

Easter lily cactus

Easter orchid

Edible banana

Elephant-Ear Begonia

Emerald ripple peperomia

English hawthorn

F

False aralia

Fairy fountain

Fan tufted palm

Feather fern

Feathered amaranth

Fiery reed orchid

Fig leaf gourd

Figleaf palm

Fingernail plant

Fire weed

Fish tail fern

Flame african violet

Flame of the woods

Flame violet

Florida butter-fly orchid

Fluffy ruffles

Forster sentry palm

Fortunes palm

Freckle face

Friendship plant

Frosty

G

Garden marigold

Garden snapdragon

German violet

Gherkins

Ghost leafless orchid

Ghost plant

Giant aster

Giant holly fern

Giant white inch plant

Gibasis geniculata

Globe thistle

Gloxinia

Gold bloom

Gold-fish plant

Golden bells

Golden lace orchid

Golden shower orchid

Good luck palm

Grape hyacinth

Grape Ivy

Great willow herb

Green ripple peperomia

Greenbrier

H

Hagbrier

Hardy baby tears

Hardy gloxinia

Haws

Haws apple

Haworthia

Hawthorn

Hedgehog gourd

Hellfetter

Hemlock tree

Hen and chickens fern

Hens and chickens

Hickory

Hindu rope plant

Holligold

Holly fern

Hollyhock

Honey locust

Honey plant

Honeydew melons

Honeysuckle fuchsia

Hookera pulchella

Horse brier

Hoya carnosa 'exotica'

Hoya carnosa 'krinkle'

Hoya carnosa 'variegata'

Hoya 'Mauna Loa'

Hubbard squash

Hypocyrta spp.

I

Ice plant

Imbricata sword fern

Irish moss

Iron cross begonia

Iron tree

Ivy peperomia

Ivy-leaf peperomia

J

Jackson brier

Jacob's ladder

Japanese aralia

Japanese holly fern

Japanese moss

Japanese pittosporum

Jasmine

Jewel orchid

Joseph's coat

Jungle geranium

K

Kaempferis

Kahali ginger

Kenilworth ivy

Kentia palm

Kenya palm

Kenya violet

Kharoub

King nut

King of the forest

King and queen fern

Kuang-yen- pa-hsieh

L

Lace flower vine

Lace orchid

Ladies ear drops

Lady lou

Lady palm

Lagerstroemia indica

Lance Pleumele

Large

Lady Palm

Laurel-leaved greenbrier

Leather peperomia

Leng-fen tu'an

Leopard lily

Leopard orchid

Lesser snapdragon

Lily of the valley orchid

Linden

Lipstick plant

Little zebra plant

Little fantasy peperomia

Living rock cactus

Living stones

Locust pods

Lou-lang-t'ou

Luther

M

Madagascar jasmine

Magnolia bush

Mahonia aquifolium

Malabar gourd

Malaysian dracaema

Manila palm

Mapleleaf begonia

Maranta

Marbled fingernail

Mariposa lily

Maroon

Mary-bud

Measles plant

Melons

Metallic peperomia

Metallic leaf begonia

Mexican firecracker

Mexican rosettes

Mexican snowballs

Miniature date palm

Minature fish tail

Minature maranta

Minature marble plant

Mistletoe cactus

Mockernut hickory

Mosaic plant

Mosiac vase

Moss agate

Moss campion

Moss fern

Moss phlox

Moss rose

Mossy campion

Mother fern

Mother spleenwort

Mother of pearl

Mountain camellia

Mountain grape

Mulberry bush greenbrier

Mulberry tree

Musa paradisiaca

Muscari armeniacum

Muscari spp.

Muskmellon

N

Narrow leafed pleomele

Natal plum

Neanthe bella palm

Nematanthus spp.

Neanthebella

Neoregelia

Nephrolepsis

Nerve plant

New silver and bronze

Night blooming cereus

O

Odontoglossum spp.

Old man cactus

Old world orchid

Orange star

Oregon grape

Ossifragi vase

P

Paddys wig

Painted lady

Palm lily

Pampus grass

Panamiga

Pansy orchid

Paradise palm

Parlor palm

Parlor plant

Parsley fern

Peace begonia

Peacock plant

Pearl plant

Pearly dots

Peperomia hederifolia

Peperomia peltifolia

Peperomia rotundifolia

Peperomia sandersii

Pepper face

Persian violet

Pheasant plant

Piggy back plant

Pigmy date palm

Pignut

Pignut hickory

Pilea microphylla

Pilea mucosa

Pink Brocade

Pink Pearl

Pink polka dot plant

Pink starlite

Pirliteiro

Pitaya

Plantanus orientalis

Plantanus occidentalis

Platinum peperomia

Platycerium alicicorne

Plumbago larpentiae

Plush plant

Polka dot plant

Polystichum falcatum

Pony tail

Porcelain flower

Pot marigold

Prairie lily

Prairie snowball

Prayer plant

Prickly bottlebrush

Prostrate coleus

Purple baby tears

Purple passion vine

Purple waffle plant

Purpleosier willow

Q

Queen's spiderwort

Queencup

Queens spiderwort

Queensland arrowroot

R

Rabbits foot fern

Rainbow orchid

Red african violet

Red berried greenbrier

Red edge peperomia

Red hawthorne

Red palm lily

Red veined prayer

Reed palm

Resurrection lily

Rex begonia

Rhynchophorum

Ribbon plant (Chlorophytum comosum)

Roosevelt fern

Royal velvet plant

Rubber plant, baby

Russian olive

S

Saffron 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 bell

Silver berry

Silver heart

Silver-leaf peperomia

Silver nerve plant

Silver pink vine

Silver star

Silver table fern

Silver tree anamiga

Slender deutzia

Small fruited hickory

Smilax tamnoides vas

Speckled wood lily

Spice orchid

Spider ivy

Spider plant

Spotted laurel

Squarenut

Squirrels foot fern

Star jasmine

Star lily

Star plant

Star tulip

Star window plant

Strawberry

Striped blushing

Sugar pods

Sulfur flower

Summer hyacinth

Swedish ivy

Sweetheart hoya

Sweetheart peperomia

Sweet william

Sword fern

T

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 cantalope

Tu fu-ling

Tulip poplar

Tulip tree

Turban squash

Turf lily

U

Umbrella plant

Urbinia agavoides

Usambara violet

V

Variegated laurel

Variegated oval leaf peperomia

Variegated philodendron leaf

Variegated wandering jew

Variegated wax plant

Velvet plant

Venus fly trap

Verona fern

Verona lace fern

Vining peperomia

Violet slipper gloxinia

W

Waffle plant

Walking anthericum

Washington hawthorn

Water hickory

Watermelon begonia

Watermelon peperomia

Watermelon pilea

Wax plant

Wax rosette

Weeping bottlebrush

Weeping sergeant hemlock

Weisdornbluten

West indian gherkin

Western sword

White ginger

White edged swedish ivy

White heart hickory

Whitman fern

Wild buckwheat

Wild buckwheat

Wild hyacinth

Wild lantana

Wild sarsaparilla

Wild strawberry

Willow herb

Windmill palm

Winter cattleya

Withered snapdragon

Woolflower

Y

Yellow bloodleaf

Yellow-flowered gourd

Yerba linda

Z

Zebra haworthia

Zebra plant

Zinnia sp.