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Fragrant pet friendly plant that grows well indoors?

@PDM @CalBal @anon15984371 ? (Whoever))

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I got dogs. They leave my plants alone. I wouldn’t describe any of my indoor plants as fragrant though. I go for more attractive foliage. I have a grab bag of basic houseplant guy plants. ZZ, fiddle leaf figs, ficus.

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I mostly don’t grow things inside because 1. I suck at it (I don’t know why!) And 2. My cats will chew on literally anything and even if not toxic, it will still probably make them barf. So I have to carefully segregate things like garden starts and I do t really grow ornamentals

Sorry! Not very helpful. :upside_down_face:

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But I am pretty sure ficus and zz plant are toxic to cats. (Check the ASPCA list for sure.)

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Basil.

Meercat friendly though.

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I approve.

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I don’t know of any fragrant indoor plants. Could you grow jasmine indoors? I wonder. That would be lovely. I also don’t know what plants are pet-friendly. My dog hates vegetables! :rofl:

So all I know is easy. The easiest ever is pothos! And then ZZ plants, snake plants, spider plants, monsteras, philodendron. Ferns and succulants die on me. :frowning:

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My cat ate my cilantro but he never threw up from it. And he left my mint alone (new cat is significantly more a chewer and might be a problem).

I bring in a couple of big pots of geraniums to overwinter, and while they are evidently somewhat toxic to cats, the cats have never bothered them. I think they must taste bad. They would rather focus on the poor spider plant.

There’s always catnip.

Catgrass and catmint too.

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The girls planted out a bunch of seeds yesterday and popped them into their mini mini greenhouse.

Tomatoes, Sunflowers, Corn, Gherkins, Chilli, Tomatillo are all in the dirt. Seems late but to be fair we’ve still been having single digit temps and we’re into our second month of Spring. :man_shrugging:

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Thanks gardenchat!

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I would definitely do herbs! Mints are great because they are basically impossible to kill in my experience.

Your girls have gotten so big!

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Yep, there’s an indoor jasmine! This is the familiar white/pink jasmine you’d grow outside. (Different from star jasmine, which is in another genus.) You’ll need a trellis/stake, a lot of sun, and some cooler indoor temps to get your flowers.

You have inspired me, Frecks, one of the things I’m missing most about CA is the jasmine!

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It smells so good!

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SO FUCKIN GOOD, and no one around here seems to grow it (which I guess makes sense, since it gets cold enough here that I suspect it would normally get killed off over the winter).

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My dad brought me some of that from home for my wedding bouquet.

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