All plants

Plants safe with children and pets

Nothing toxic and nothing thorny: the list a garden with a toddler or a dog starts from.

The list holds the plants the catalogue records as not toxic to people, dogs or cats, and without thorns. 39 plants.

• Japanese mapleAcer palmatum 'Atropurpureum'
• Lady's mantleAlchemilla mollis
• Snowy mespilusAmelanchier lamarckii
• AstilbeAstilbe × arendsii
• Heartleaf bergeniaBergenia cordifolia
• Silver birchBetula pendula
• Feather reed grassCalamagrostis × acutiflora 'Karl Foerster'
• European hornbeamCarpinus betulus
• Red-barked dogwoodCornus alba 'Sibirica'
• Spring crocusCrocus vernus
• Purple coneflowerEchinacea purpurea
• Blue fescue 'Elijah Blue'Festuca glauca 'Elijah Blue'
• Border forsythiaForsythia × intermedia 'Lynwood'
• Garden strawberryFragaria × ananassa
• Cranesbill 'Rozanne'Geranium 'Rozanne'
• Japanese forest grassHakonechloa macra
• Coral bells 'Palace Purple'Heuchera micrantha 'Palace Purple'
• Autumn Joy stonecropHylotelephium 'Herbstfreude'
• Magnolia 'Susan'Magnolia 'Susan'
• Zebra grassMiscanthus sinensis 'Zebrinus'
• Fountain grass 'Hameln'Pennisetum alopecuroides 'Hameln'
• Mock orangePhiladelphus coronarius
• Garden phloxPhlox paniculata
• Moss phloxPhlox subulata
• Ninebark 'Diabolo'Physocarpus opulifolius 'Diabolo'
• Dwarf Alberta sprucePicea glauca 'Conica'
• Serbian sprucePicea omorika
• Dwarf mountain pinePinus mugo 'Pumilio'
• BlackcurrantRibes nigrum
• RedcurrantRibes rubrum
• Black-eyed Susan 'Goldsturm'Rudbeckia fulgida var. sullivantii 'Goldsturm'
• Kilmarnock willowSalix caprea 'Kilmarnock'
• Woodland sageSalvia nemorosa 'Caradonna'
• Russian sageSalvia yangii 'Blue Spire'
• Japanese spiraeaSpiraea japonica 'Little Princess'
• Common lilacSyringa vulgaris
• Creeping thymeThymus serpyllum
• Highbush blueberryVaccinium corymbosum 'Bluecrop'
• Weigela 'Bristol Ruby'Weigela florida 'Bristol Ruby'

Other lists

• Plants for shade

  What grows on the north side of a house, under a tree and against a wall the sun reaches for an hour.

• Plants for bees and butterflies

  Forage from early spring to late autumn, with each plant's flowering months stated.

• Drought tolerant plants

  A garden that survives July without a hose starts with the plant list, not with irrigation.

• Evergreen plants

  What holds a garden together from November to March, when the rest of it is underground.

• Plants for a hedge

  Species that take clipping and close into a line, with the mature height of each.

• Ground cover plants

  Instead of weeding: a close mat that shuts the ground and keeps weeds out.

• Plants for screening

  For a neighbour's window, a road, and anything you would rather not look at from the terrace.

• Plants for pots

  For a terrace or a balcony, where the soil ends at the wall of the pot and water goes twice as fast.

Reviewed and approved for Poland by a qualified gardener with thirty years of practice, 2026-09-22.