Safe and Toxic Household Plants: A Room-by-Room Audit

Row of houseplants on a shelf — Houseplants and pets need a room-by-room audit, not a single glance. Photo: Øyvind Holmstad — CC BY-SA 4.0

One lily can kill a cat, and a free-roaming rabbit will taste every leaf in the room. Here is a room-by-room plant audit, the worst offenders and the genuinely safer choices.

Lilies in a vase — Lilies are severely toxic to cats — even the pollen and vase water. Photo: Stan Shebs — CC BY-SA 3.0

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