Do you have any toxic to pet plants in your front garden?

[Anotherusername13]

I am just wondering what the done thing is. I'm new to gardening and have realized that some of the plants I like could be toxic to cats if ingested. My front garden doesn't have a gate so anyone or any pet can walk into it. I don't know if these plants would actually really hurt an animal , probably be more likely to give them a tummy upset.
Do you take this into consideration when planting and avoid these sorts of plants? I have seen a couple of outdoor cats roaming and obviously would not want them to be harmed, however I really love some of these plants and how they look and would love to have them in my front garden.

I guess that I worded that badly.

It's just never occurred to me that an animal would actively eat enough quantities of digitalis to harm it. I've just had to Google - I didn't realise that the pollen could be an issue. Daft of me.

It's not necessarily about the cat munching on a toxic plant. If a cat brushes past lilies in full bloom, the pollen can be shaken down and land on the cat's fur. The cat later grooms itself and licks up the pollen.

They are poisonous full stop. But only if ingested and I've never known cats take the slightest bit of interest in them. I've had cats all my life and I've never seen them nibble anything other than grass.

Lily pollen is the big killer, and hemerocallis & alstromeria as well. The pollen gets on their fur as they brush past and they ingest it when they groom themselves. It causes organ failure. I wish they'd put a warning message on bunches of flowers and garden centre plants, as not everyone knows about it.

Ah that’s really lovely of you to even consider this. I have a cat and wouldn’t plant Lillies (or have them in the house) as they are incredibly toxic to cats and drop pollen everywhere which a cat could get on them without going near the plant.

I don’t worry about any other plants as anything else they’d have to actively chew and I would hope they’d have the sense not to do that. I used to have foxgloves for example and she never went near them.

I don’t expect anyone else to do this though, as PPs have said they can plant what they like in their space but so kind of you to think about it.

Any part of a lily is highly poisonous to cats, even the water that the been sat in so if you decide to keep them and cut off the pollen, the lilies and their water need to be completely out of reach to the cat. We all know how cats love drinking “dirty” water if they can get their paws on it! 🤯