Check These Indoor Plants That Are Safe for Your Pets!

Lush green houseplants can beautify your space, brighten your day, and even clean the air in your home, but they don't always go well with our furry friends.

In fact, some of the more common indoor plants, such as aloe, jade, and lilies, are poisonous if eaten by cats or dogs.

The only thing worse than eating your new favorite plant is taking your beloved pet on an expensive and stressful trip to the emergency vet.

Fortunately, there are plenty of happy houseplants that are easy to grow and won't hurt your pets if they put their paws on them.

Read on about these houseplants that are safe for dogs and cats. With attractive foliage, beautiful flowers, or both, these indoor plants are proof positive that pets and plants can safely coexist.

Air plants

Sturdy but feather-light aerial plants, or Tillandsia, can thrive hung from the ceiling in a balloon, mounted on a fancy wall frame, or arranged on a narrow window sill - all places that are extremely difficult for cats and dogs to reach.

Choose from varieties such as Tillandsia ionantha (also known as the sky plant), whose leaf tips turn pink when they bloom, or a fuzzy greenish-gray xerograph with long, wavy leaves.

Staghorn fern

Like air plants, staghorn ferns are epiphytes. This means that you can avoid the combination of soil and planter and grow your fern by wrapping its root in moss and mounting it on a wooden board or board.

This planting method not only rewards you with a living sculpture once you hang it on the wall, but it also helps keep your fern out of the reach of your four-legged friends.

It would take a very athletic puppy or curious cat to chew on one of the fern's long horn-shaped leaves.

Money tree

The tropical tree Pachira Aquatica is often sold with several intertwined stems. The plant is nicknamed feng shui, where it has earned a reputation for bringing financial fortune if you keep it in a well-lit and well-lit space in your home.

If you have a pet, consider yourself lucky - the worst thing that can happen to your cat or dog if they eat a money tree leaf is an upset stomach, which means there are not big vets bills for you!

Echeveria

Several species of this colorful pink genus of succulents - wax rosette (Echeveria gilva), blue hen and chicks (Echeveria glauca), copper rose (Echeveria multicaulis), and Mexican bud (Echeveria elegans), to name a few - are not toxic to dogs and cats.

To keep them showing their brightest colors and prevent them from getting too long, display yours in the brightest and sunniest spot in your space.

Polka dot plant

Your fluffy babies are pretty much the only thing fluffier than the polka dot plant (aka baby tears). Its thick green foliage, which appears to have been painted in shades of white, pink, or red, won't hurt your dog or cat if it chews on a leaf or two.

Better yet, your colors look best in medium brightness light, giving you some flexibility where you choose to display them.

African violet

These adorable pet-friendly houseplants are a classic kitchen window sill, featuring pretty blooms with yellow centers and petals in vivid shades ranging from white to deep purple, but you can place them anywhere in your home that gets plenty of indirect light.

African violets thrive in moderate temperatures with good humidity, so choose a spot away from cold drafts to show off your own.

We hope you enjoy this video about Pet safe houseplants:

Source: Nick Pileggi

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