Plants safe with children and pets
Nothing toxic and nothing thorny: the list a garden with a toddler or a dog starts from.
39 plantsThe list holds the plants the catalogue records as not toxic to people, dogs or cats, and without thorns.
AstilbeAstilbe × arendsii
Autumn Joy stonecropHylotelephium 'Herbstfreude'
Black-eyed Susan 'Goldsturm'Rudbeckia fulgida var. sullivantii 'Goldsturm'
BlackcurrantRibes nigrum
Blue fescue 'Elijah Blue'Festuca glauca 'Elijah Blue'
Border forsythiaForsythia × intermedia 'Lynwood'
Common lilacSyringa vulgaris
Coral bells 'Palace Purple'Heuchera micrantha 'Palace Purple'
Cranesbill 'Rozanne'Geranium 'Rozanne'
Creeping thymeThymus serpyllum
Dwarf Alberta sprucePicea glauca 'Conica'
Dwarf mountain pinePinus mugo 'Pumilio'
European hornbeamCarpinus betulus
Feather reed grassCalamagrostis × acutiflora 'Karl Foerster'
Fountain grass 'Hameln'Pennisetum alopecuroides 'Hameln'
Garden phloxPhlox paniculata
Garden strawberryFragaria × ananassa
Heartleaf bergeniaBergenia cordifolia
Highbush blueberryVaccinium corymbosum 'Bluecrop'
Japanese forest grassHakonechloa macra
Japanese mapleAcer palmatum 'Atropurpureum'
Japanese spiraeaSpiraea japonica 'Little Princess'
Kilmarnock willowSalix caprea 'Kilmarnock'
Lady's mantleAlchemilla mollis
Magnolia 'Susan'Magnolia 'Susan'
Mock orangePhiladelphus coronarius
Moss phloxPhlox subulata
Ninebark 'Diabolo'Physocarpus opulifolius 'Diabolo'
Purple coneflowerEchinacea purpurea
Red-barked dogwoodCornus alba 'Sibirica'
RedcurrantRibes rubrum
Russian sageSalvia yangii 'Blue Spire'
Serbian sprucePicea omorika
Silver birchBetula pendula
Snowy mespilusAmelanchier lamarckii
Spring crocusCrocus vernus
Weigela 'Bristol Ruby'Weigela florida 'Bristol Ruby'
Woodland sageSalvia nemorosa 'Caradonna'
Zebra grassMiscanthus sinensis 'Zebrinus'
Plants picked for your own plot
The studio draws a plan for your own plot and picks plants that suit its light and soil. It needs no account.
Design my gardenFree, no account and no card
Other lists
- Plants for shade30 plantsWhat 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 butterflies60 plantsForage from early spring to late autumn, with each plant's flowering months stated.
- Drought tolerant plants42 plantsA garden that gets through July without a hose starts with the plant list.
- Evergreen plants24 plantsWhat holds a garden together from November to March, when the rest of it is underground.
- Plants for a hedge13 plantsSpecies that take clipping and close into a line, with the mature height of each.
- Ground cover plants17 plantsInstead of weeding: a close mat that shuts the ground and keeps weeds out.
- Plants for screening24 plantsFor a neighbour's window, a road, and anything you would rather not look at from the terrace.
- Plants for pots8 plantsFor 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, 22 September 2026.