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Thursday, April 1, 2021

Lola and Lexy's Top 5 Cat-Friendly Plants for Easter

Hello, and Happy Friday! Easter is just around the corner, which means lots of households will be bringing in plants and flowers. Lexy and I want to make sure that all of your kitties are safe, so we decided to dedicate this "Top Five" post to plants and flowers that are non-toxic to cats. 

So let's get into it! 


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Lola and Lexy's Top Five Cat-Friendly Plants for Easter



1. African Violet


African Violets are pretty flowers that come in a variety of colors. Did you know they are one of the world's most popular houseplants? They are compact, low-growing plants that flower several times a year and they are ideal for the indoor home garden or window because they require only moderate room temperatures and light. 


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2.  Garden Snapdragons


Snapdragons are very popular and very pretty. (They come in a variety of colors, from pastel to bright colors including pink, orange, yellow, peach, purple, white, red, and bicolor.) Their name derives from the shape of the individual flower heads, which resemble the snout of a dragon, and which even open and close in a snapping motion, as often happens when pollinators open the jaws to reach the pollen. Interesting, huh? Snapdragons can do well indoors, however, they need six to eight hours of direct sunlight daily to grow and produce the most abundant flowers. 


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3.  Impatiens


Impatiens are one of the most popular annual flowers, due to their brightly colored blooms and their ability to grow in shady areas. They come in a variety of bright colors such as bright red, orange, pink, and white hues that attract butterflies and look great when planted in borders, hanging baskets, or containers. They can easily be taken care of indoors as well and can be reliably be grown throughout the winter months. 

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4. Spider Plants


The Spider Plant is considered to be one of the most adaptable house plants and one of the easiest to grow. So if you're bringing a plant to someone's home who doesn't have much of a green thumb, this may be the plant for them. This plant can grow in a wide range of conditions and suffers from few problems, other than some brown tips. The spider plant gets it name from the small plantlets produced on long trailing stems that vaguely resemble spiders, which dangle down from the mother plant like spiders on a web. These spiderettes often start out as small white flowers. How pretty! 

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5. Rosemary


If you're going to be a guest at someone's home who loves to cook, this is the perfect plant to bring! The flowers of evergreen rosemary persist through spring and summer, filling the air with a nice piney fragrance. This beautiful herb, mostly used for seasoning dishes, is also commonly used as ornamental plantings in the landscape. Rosemary is easy to grow indoors as well. Once established, it will thrive for years in full direct sunlight without any problems.


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If you're going to be a guest at someone's home who has a cat, please be mindful to bring plants and flowers that are non-toxic to cats. And if you have a cat and are expecting guests, it's perfectly okay to ask them not to bring anything into your home that could be potentially dangerous to your furry family members. 


And please remember, Lilies are extremely lethal to cats! 



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We want to wish all of our friends a very Happy Easter, Passover, and any other holiday you may celebrate. May your day be filled with love and sunshine. 

You can catch up on all of our Top Five posts here. Be sure to keep an eye out for our next Top Five post. You won't want to miss it!

Lola and Lexy



These plants were sourced from the ASPCA Toxic and Non-Toxic Plant List for Cats.

Photo Credits: 
Cherieisi via Flickr
Heatherdawnplants via Flickr
Jonathan Casey via Flickr
Kodachrome25 via Getty Images
London looks via Flickr

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  1. We love plants. If I remember correctly, spider plants are supposed to be helpful in cleaning indoor air. Mom has had houseplants in the past, but gave them up when kittens started wreaking havoc on them!

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  2. That's a good list, we had forgotten a couple of those were cat friendly.

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  3. Thanks for this, Lola and Lexy. The mom has lots of plants around our house. Fortunately, I don't mess with them. One thing I've heard about spider plants though is that if a cat eats some of it, it can have a slight hallucinogenic effect on the cat.

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  4. Good to know which plants are safe, and a good reminder that lilies are extremely toxic to cats!

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  5. Nice to see something safe for cats instead of the usual list of unsafe ones. :) XO

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  6. Great list, Lola and Lexy! African violets and snapdragons are some of our faves!

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  7. We need some human-friendly plants around here! My human kills them all.

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  8. Such important information! I always just have dried flowers around because I have a black thumb!

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  9. I love spider plants. They are indestructible!! I did not know (as Raven says) that they clean the air - THAT is cool!

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  10. It is always good to know which plants are safe for pets. I can grow most plants successfully but not African Violets. I love them, but give them a month or two and they are dead.

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  11. MY mom is like Eric and Flynn's mom. She can't keep an African Violet long, and they don't bloom for her. Thank you for the telling of poison plants to us, Girls. My mom loves when you girls lecture. (she does...seriously).

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  12. So important to be mindful what we bring into our homes with our pets! Thanks for the reminder!

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  13. These are such great suggestions! I love African Violets, they're so colorful - perfect for early Spring. I also love the idea of giving a Rosemary plant, I love to use it as a seasoning for chicken. These photos are wonderful, I love the pics of your kitties wearing glasses! Happy Easter!!

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  14. I love to give plants and flowers as gifts. Since all of my sisters have cats, this is handy information to know!

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  15. Such N IMPORTANT POST AND REMINDER FOR EVERYONE AS WE NEED TO BE SAFE THAN SORRY

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  16. This is so important! So many of the 'traditional Easter plants' are incredibly dangerous for our cats. While I'm sure any cat owner appreciates the gesture, our cat's health and well-being is far more important. Honestly, it REALLY stands out when someone considers our pets when selecting a gift!

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  17. I love how you took the opposite approach and talked about safe indoor plants! We hope you have a wonderful Easter.

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  18. The first four are all so beautiful! And I love the smell of rosemary.

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