Poisonous Plants for Dogs
Many plants, including tulips, are toxic to dogs.
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It's not easy being green. Plants may be a tempting, tasty treat for dogs, but chewed vegetation is the bane of any proud gardener's existence. Worse, many indoor and outdoor plants are toxic to dogs. Either make sure that your houseplants are not harmful, or keep them high up, out of reach. Garden plants to avoid include potatoes and spring bulbs; among the indoor hazards are ivy and azaleas.
When walking outdoors, keep your dog on a leash and close to you to more easily monitor what he's getting into. Avoid areas that have been sprayed with insecticides or other poisons. (Lawn-care companies usually plant small warning flags in freshly treated areas.)
Toxic Greenery
Make the choices simple for your pet: keep the harmful plants listed below out of your house and garden. This list is not an exhaustive one, so always double-check with your vet; some toxic plants may be particular to your area.
A dog's reaction to ingesting a toxic plant can be fairly mild, or the dog may become dehydrated, suffer from diarrhea or even die. If your pet has eaten some dangerous greenery, contact your vet immediately.
- algae
- almonds
- amaryllis
- apricots
- arrowhead vine
- asparagus fern
- autumn crocus
- azalea
- blackberry
- black-eyed Susan
- black nightshade
- bleeding heart
- boxwood
- bracken or brake fern
- buckeye
- buttercups
- cactus (spines)
- caladium
- calla lily
- castor beans
- ceriman
- charming dieffenbachia
- cherry
- Chinese evergreen
- chokecherry
- Christmas rose
- chrysanthemum
- cineraria
- clematis
- climbing nightshade
- cordatum
- corn plant
- cornstalk plant
- crabgrass
- crocus
- croton
- crown of thorns
- Cuban laurel
- Cuban laurel
- daffodil
- devil's ivy
- dumb cane
- Easter lily
- elderberry
- elephant's ear
- emerald feather
- peace lily
- English holly
- ecalyptus
- glory lily
- foxglove
- fiddle-leaf fig
- gold dust dracaena
- helleborus
- hemlock
- holly berries
- hyacinth
- hydr- angea
- iris
- ivy
- jack-in-the-pulpit
- Japanese show lily
- jasmine
- Jerusalem cherry
- jonquil
- kalanchoe
- laburnum
- lantana
- larkspur
- ligustrum
- lily of the valley
- marble queen
- marijuana
- mistletoe
- monkshood
- morning glory
- mushrooms
- narcissus
- nephthytis
- nettles
- nutmeg
- oleander
- onion
- oriental lily
- peach
- pencil cactus
- periwinkle
- philodendron
- plumosa fern
- poinsettia
- poison hemlock
- poison ivy
- poison oak
- pokeweed
- potato
- precatory beans
- primrose
- privet
- purple foxglove
- red emerald
- red princess
- rhododendron
- rhubarb
- rubber plants
- sago lily
- skunk cabbage
- spider plant
- spring bulbs
- tulip
- tomato plant
- tobacco
- tinsel tree
- string of pearls
- tiger lily
- taro vine
- Swiss cheese plant
- wandering Jew
- water hemlock
- wild black cherry
- wisteria
- yellow jasmine
- yew
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