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! 

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. 

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. 

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. 

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! 

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.

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

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