Houseplants
59 houseplants, each with the same field-guide treatment the outdoor library gets: a watercolor plate, honest light requirements, and a watering rhythm instead of a vague "keep moist." The set runs from unkillable starters (pothos, snake plant, ZZ) through the aroid shelf to the divas that reward attention.
Two numbers do most of the work indoors. Light: "bright indirect" is a real place — within a few feet of an east or south window — and a plant advertised for "low light" mostly tolerates it rather than enjoys it. Water: nearly every dead houseplant drowned; the guides give each plant's dry-down depth, which matters more than any calendar.
Toxicity is listed for every plant, which matters in a home with cats, dogs or toddlers — most aroids sting, and true lilies are genuinely dangerous to cats. Propagation notes tell you which ones turn into free plants from a node in water. 25 are in stock at a nursery right now — the terracotta price tags go straight to those product pages, not to a search.
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Zones describe winter hardiness. Native ranges vary across North America; open a plant's guide for the details.
African VioletStreptocarpus ionanthus
Bright indirect
Moderate water
Moderate growth
Air PlantTillandsia spp.Bright indirectModerate water
Slow growth
From $64.95 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.Alocasia (Elephant Ear)Alocasia × amazonicaBright indirect — no harsh direct sunModerate waterModerate in warmth growth
Deer-resistant
Aloe VeraAloe vera
Bright light — a south window or outside for summer
Low waterModerate growth
Anthurium (Flamingo Flower)Anthurium andraeanumBright indirectModerate waterSlow-Moderate growthDeer-resistant
Arabian JasmineJasminum sambacFull Sun to bright lightModerate waterModerate growth
Arrowhead PlantSyngonium podophyllumMedium to bright indirectModerate water
Fast growthDeer-resistant
From $12.99 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.AvocadoPersea americanaFull SunModerate waterFast growth
Excellent edible
From $45.62 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.Bay LaurelLaurus nobilis
Full Sun to Part ShadeLow waterSlow growth
BegoniaBegonia × semperflorensPart ShadeModerate waterModerate growth
From $60.95 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.Bird of ParadiseStrelitzia reginaeFull Sun / brightest window — bloom demands itModerate waterModerate growth
From $42.99 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.Bird's Nest FernAsplenium nidusMedium indirect — low light tolerantModerate waterSlow growth
From $42.99 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.Boston FernNephrolepis exaltataBright indirect
High waterModerate growth
Native to North America
CaladiumCaladium bicolorPart Shade to ShadeModerate waterFast in heat growthDeer-resistant
From $67.95 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.Calamondin OrangeCitrus × microcarpaBrightModerate waterModerate growthExcellent edible
Calathea (Prayer Plant family)Goeppertia spp.Medium indirect — direct sun bleaches the patternsHigh waterModerate growth
From $2.99 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.ColeusColeus scutellarioidesOld types shadeModerate waterVery Fast growth
Corn PlantDracaena fragransLow to bright indirect — very tolerantLow waterSlow growth
From $36.95 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.CrotonCodiaeum variegatum
Bright light inclModerate waterModerate growth
Dieffenbachia (Dumb Cane)Dieffenbachia seguineMedium to bright indirect — direct sun scorchesModerate waterModerate growth
Dragon Fruit (Pitaya)Selenicereus undatusFull Sun to bright lightLow waterFast in heat growthExcellent edible
Dragon TreeDracaena marginataMedium to bright indirectLow waterSlow growth
EcheveriaEcheveria elegansFull sun to bright light — stretchesLow waterSlow growth
From $29.95 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.English IvyHedera helixPart Shade to Shade outdoorsModerate waterFast growthDeer-resistant
From $65.95 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.Fiddle-Leaf FigFicus lyrataBright indirect to gentle direct morning sun — non-negotiableModerate waterModerate growth
From $23.95 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.GardeniaGardenia jasminoidesFull Sun to Part ShadeModerate waterSlow-Moderate growth
From $35.59 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.Geranium (Zonal)Pelargonium × hortorumFull SunLow waterModerate growth
Golden PothosEpipremnum aureumLow to bright indirect — the most forgiving houseplantLow waterFast growthDeer-resistant
Haworthia (Zebra Plant)Haworthiopsis attenuataBright indirect — gentler light than most succulentsLow waterSlow growth
Heartleaf PhilodendronPhilodendron hederaceumMedium to bright indirectModerate waterFast growthDeer-resistant
Hibiscus
Holiday CactusSchlumbergera × buckleyiBright indirect — it's a jungle cactusModerate waterSlow growth
Hoya (Wax Plant)Hoya carnosaBright indirectLow waterSlow-Moderate growth
Jade PlantCrassula ovataBright light with some direct sunLow waterSlow growth
KalanchoeKalanchoe blossfeldianaBright light — some direct sun for bloomLow waterModerate growth
From $39.95 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.KumquatCitrus japonicaFull Sun / sunniest windowModerate waterSlow-Moderate growthExcellent edible
From $39.95 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.LemonModerate waterExcellent edible
From $60.95 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.MandevillaMandevilla × hybridsFull Sun to Part ShadeModerate waterFast growth
From $2.99 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.Money TreePachira aquaticaBright indirectModerate waterModerate growth
From $15.95 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.MonsteraMonstera deliciosaBright indirect lightModerate waterFast growthDeer-resistant
Nerve Plant (Fittonia)Fittonia albivenisMedium indirect — no direct sunModerate waterSlow growth
OrchidPhalaenopsis spp.Bright indirect — an east window is perfectModerate waterSlow growth
Parlor PalmChamaedorea elegansLow to medium indirect — a true LOW-LIGHT palmModerate waterSlow growth
From $45.95 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.Peace LilySpathiphyllum wallisiiMedium to low indirect — blooms more with brighter lightModerate waterModerate growthDeer-resistant
PeperomiaPeperomia spp.Medium to bright indirectLow waterSlow growth
Persian ShieldStrobilanthes dyerianusPart Shade / bright indirect — color richest out of harsh sunModerate waterFast growth
Pilea (Chinese Money Plant)Pilea peperomioidesBright indirect — rotate weekly or it leans hardModerate waterFast growth
From $58.95 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.PineappleAnanas comosusFull Sun / brightest windowLow waterSlow growthExcellent edible
From $60.95 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.Ponytail PalmBeaucarnea recurvataBright light — some direct sunLow waterVery Slow growth
Prayer PlantMaranta leuconeuraMedium indirect — direct sun fades the markingsModerate waterModerate growth
From $29.95 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.Rubber PlantFicus elasticaBright indirectModerate waterModerate-Fast growth
From $59.95 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.Schefflera (Umbrella Plant)Schefflera arboricolaBright indirect — leggy and sparse in low lightModerate waterModerate-Fast growthDeer-resistant
Snake PlantDracaena trifasciataLow to bright indirect — tolerates almost anythingLow waterSlow growth
Spider PlantChlorophytum comosumBright indirectModerate waterFast growth
From $23.95 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.Star Jasmine (Confederate Jasmine)Trachelospermum jasminoidesFull Sun to Part ShadeModerate waterModerate growth
String of PearlsCurio rowleyanusBright light with some direct sunLow waterFast in season growth
Wandering DudeTradescantia zebrinaBright indirect — color fades and stems stretch in low lightModerate waterVery Fast growth
Weeping FigFicus benjaminaBright indirect — the brighter the betterModerate waterModerate growth
From $90.95 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.ZZ PlantZamioculcas zamiifoliaLow to bright indirect — famously tolerantLow waterSlow growth