Lilies are Deadly Poison to Cats

Keep cats away from Easter Lilies and other Asiatic Lilies as cats can suffer acute kidney failure within a very short period of time from just a licking a few pollen grains off their fur.  Even a small nibble on a lily flower of foliage can be deadly to cats.

BEWARE of it, if it has "Lilium" in the Latin name. 

Similarly, Gloriosa Lily or Flame Lily (Gloriosa sp.) are also very dangerous to have around cats.

Another plant to be cautious about handling and bringing inside your home is the Lily of the Valley (Convallaria majalis) as it is toxic to cats and poisonous to humans. Wash your hands after touching them.

Note that some other kinds of lilies are just fine to have around felines -- such as daylilies and waterliles.

See more about Lilies and Cats at:

http://www.fda.gov/ForConsumers/ConsumerUpdates/ucm393028.htm 

Read more about Cat-Friendly Gardening here:

http://catsingardens.blogspot.com/2015/10/gardenig-is-more-fun-with-cats.html

Here is a List of SAFE Plants for Cats:

http://catsingardens.blogspot.com/2015/11/nontoxic-plants-for-cats.html

Photo Source: FDA.gov
(This is an updated blog post from Spring 2014 and 2020)

"I Just Want To Work In My Garden And Hangout With Cats"

This t-shirt says, "I Just Want To Work In My Garden And Hangout With Cats."
I think that pretty much sums it up!

Thanks to fellow garden writer, Sylvia Hoehns Wright of http://www.thewrightscoop.com/ for letting me know these were available.

Note: this post may contain Amazon referral links that add a few pennies to the Cats in Gardens meager bank account.

A Little Greek God

 

These photos were shared by Rue of her garden cat, Nikos. She wrote that they were "taken in my garden in a small greek island, Khios."

A Senior Moment

Natalie Carmolli, Marketing and Public Relations Specialist at Spring Meadow Nursery, Inc., shared this picture of her senior cat.

She wrote: "Jackie is a rescue cat, we got her in 2008 and she was already full grown, so we’re guessing she's probably around 14-15 years old now. She loves to rub her face on you and sometimes just take a little love bite, LOL. Now she's a little deaf and a little confused and often yowls plaintively around the house, but we love her all the same."