If you live with a cat, you know how excited they can get about anything green. Our cat, Gnocchi, goes into a tizzy over parsley, arugula, basil, you name it. So you can imagine the commotion caused when I brought home this little money tree plant one day (it was given to me as a gift, but you can get one at Red Envelope, $38). No matter where I placed it, he would find a way to reach it and then attack it ravenously (as demonstrated in the photo above). Lucky for him, this plant, also called Guiana Chestnut, is not toxic to cats. But a lot of common house plants are. You’ll find a list of toxic plants here at Cat Fancier. Is it possible to keep plants and cats in the same house? Yes, says our friend Gayla Trail over at You Grow Girl in her helpful article “Keeping Kitty off the Goods.” One of her tips is to make a cayenne pepper tea and then spray it on the leaves. Another option is too put orange peels in the soil, because cats supposedly hate citrus. We’re gonna give it try, but something tells us Gnocchi will not be easily deterred.