One of the easiest ways to a breathe a little life into a room is with the addition of a plant or two. Or five.

Plants not only add colour and decor, but many houseplants also have air-purifying properties. The downside though, is that some of the most popular houseplants are also very toxic to pets and children. Spruce up your home without the worry, consider these plants instead. They are non-toxic so your pets (and kids) will be safe – at least if they try to eat it. Knocking them over is your problem.

Non-Toxic

• May be irritating, especially the sap of the plant
• Air Plant (Tillandsia)
• Banana Plant
• Birds Nest Fern
• Begonia
• Boston Fern
• Burro’s Tail / Donkey Tail
• Calathea
• Chinese Fan Palm
• Crocodile Fern
• Echeveria
• Haworthia
• Hens + Chicks
• Hoya
• Kangaroo Fern
• Kimberly Queen Fern
• Leather Leaf Fern
• Lipstick Plant
• Maiden Hair Fern
• Opuntia
• Peperomia
• Pilea (including peperomioides and watermelon variety)
• Polka Dot Plant
• Prayer Plant
• Spider Plant
• Staghorn Fern
• String of Hearts (includes String of Turtles)

Mildly Toxic

• Eating parts of the plant may cause skin irritation, vomiting, diarrhea, and difficulty breathing
• Alocasia
• Aloe Vera
• Asparagus Fern
• Birds of Paradise
• Chinese Evergreen
• Coffee Plant
• Croton
• Dieffenbachia
• Dischidia
• Dracaena
• English Ivy
• Euphorbia (includes Coral Cactus)
• Fiddle Leaf Fig
• Kalanchoe
• Leather Leaf Fern
• Pachypodium (Madagascar Palm)
  Senecio (includes string of pearls, bananas, dolphins, and fish hook)
• Monstera
• Nephthytis
• Oxalis
• Rubber Plant
• Sansevieria
• ZZ Plant

Highly Toxic

• Eating parts of the plant can be life threatening
• Adenium
• Anthurium
• Jade
• Philodenron
• Pothos
• Rhoeo (Lily Family Highly Toxic)