For dogs, gardens, lawns, and houseplants offer a virtual smorgasbord of smells, and too often, tastes. More than a few plants, given a nibble or two, can turn your dog a little green. Most just cause an upset stomach, but some can be deadly. Make sure they are out of reach of your dog.

Here is a listing of some of the more common Toxic & Non-Toxic plants that may be in or around your home.

TOXIC Plants:

• Almonds

• Amaryllis leaves and flowers

• Apricots

• Arrowhead Plant

• Autumn crocus bulbs

• Azalea stems and leaves

• Birds of paradise stems

• Black-eyed Susan

• Black Locust Tree, the seed is very poisonous (they look like black banana pods)

• Bleeding heart flowers and stems

• Bleeding heart flowers and stems

• Boxwood Bark, stems and leaves

• Buttercup

• Caladium

• Candelabra Cactus

• Castor bean seeds (very toxic)

• Cherry laurel wood and branches (very toxic)

• Chinaberry tree wood and branches

• Clematis stems and leaves

• Crown Of Thorns

• Cyclamen

• Daffodil bulbs

• Delphinium plants

• Dumb cane leaves (very dangerous)

• English ivy fruit

• Eucalyptus dried

• Flowers bulbs of any kind

• Foxglove stems and flowers

• Holly berries

• Kalanchoe

• Jack-in-the-pulpit

• Jasmine leaves

• Jerusalem cherry leaves and flowers

• Jimsonweed or thorn apple (very dangerous)

• Larkspur stems

• Laburnum bark, flowers, seeds and leaves

• Lily of the valley leaves and flowers

• Locoweed

• Lupine stems and flowers

• Mistletoe berries (very poisonous)

• Mountain laurel

• Mushrooms- any that you can not identify as safe

• Oleander bark, stems, and leaves (very dangerous)

• Peace Lilly

• Peaches

• Pencil Cactus

• Philodendron ALL types

• Poinsettia leaves

• Pokeweed

• Potatoe (skins unless cooked or eyes)

• Pothos/Devils Ivy

• Privet bush stems and leaves

• Rhododendron leaves

• Rhubarb leaves

• Rosary Pearls

• Skunk cabbage leaves and flowers

• Tomatoes vines

• Virginia creeper bark and stems

• Wandering Jew

• Wisteria bark and leaves

• Yew bark, needles, and seeds (very dangerous)

If a poisoning should occur, call poison control and/or your veterinarian immediately. If it is necessary to induce vomiting, give two to three teaspoons of hydrogen peroxide orally.

Non-Toxic Plants

• African Violet

• Aloe Vera

• Corn Plant

• Ferns (all types)

• Jade Plant

• Palms most types

• Peperomia

• Spider Plant

• Swedish Ivy

• Wandering Jew

• Hawaiian Ti Plant

• Silver Queen

• Monkey Plant

• Umbrella tree

• Christmas Cactus