Vegetables
All 104 vegetables in the library, in one place — the annual workhorses (tomatoes, beans, brassicas, squash), the roots and alliums, and the perennial vegetables like asparagus, rhubarb and Jerusalem artichoke that most seed racks skip entirely.
Vegetables are less about hardiness zone than about timing, so each guide leads with the numbers that actually schedule your year: days to maturity, direct-sow versus transplant, spacing, and germination needs. The companion and antagonist lists are drawn from the same data that powers the rest of the Story Thyme plant library — what to interplant, and the pairings (like alliums beside beans) that genuinely set each other back.
Pest pressure is the honest difference between a seed catalog and a harvest, so the guides name the specific enemies — squash vine borer, cabbage worms, flea beetles — and the non-spray moves that work: row cover timing, trap crops, and resistant varieties where they exist. 74 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.
From $2.69 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.AmaranthAmaranthus spp.
Full Sun
Low water
Very Fast growth
Excellent edible
American GroundnutApios americana
Full Sun to Part Shade
Moderate water
Moderate growth
Native to North America
From $2.90 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.ArugulaEruca vesicariaFull SunModerate waterVery Fast growthExcellent edible
From $3.95 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.AsparagusAsparagus officinalisFull SunModerate water
Slow to establish growthExcellent edible
BambooModerate water
BeanFull SunModerate waterExcellent edible
From $2.20 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.BeetBeta vulgarisFull SunModerate waterFast growthExcellent edible
Bloody Dock (Red-Veined Sorrel)Rumex sanguineusFull Sun to Part ShadeModerate waterFast growthExcellent edible
From $2.69 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.Bok ChoyBrassica rapa subsp. chinensisFull Sun to Part ShadeModerate waterVery Fast growthExcellent edible
From $2.69 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.BroccoliBrassica oleracea var. italicaFull SunModerate waterModerate growthExcellent edible
From $2.69 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.Brussels SproutsBrassica oleracea var. gemmiferaFull SunModerate waterSlow growthExcellent edible
From $4.99 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.BuckwheatFagopyrum esculentumFull SunLow waterVERY Fast growthExcellent edible
From $2.69 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.CabbageBrassica oleracea var. capitataFull SunModerate waterModerate growthExcellent edible
From $3.85 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.CantaloupeCucumis meloFull SunModerate waterFast growthExcellent edible
From $3.95 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.CardoonCynara cardunculusFull SunModerate waterFast growthExcellent edible
From $2.69 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.CarrotDaucus carotaFull SunModerate waterSlow growthExcellent edible
From $2.69 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.CauliflowerBrassica oleracea var. botrytisFull SunModerate waterModerate growthExcellent edible
From $4.95 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.Celeriac (Celery Root)Apium graveolens var. rapaceumFull Sun to Light Shade
High waterSlow growthExcellent edible
From $2.50 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.CeleryApium graveolensFull Sun to light afternoon shadeHigh waterSlow growthExcellent edible
Celtuce (Stem Lettuce)Lactuca sativa var. augustanaFull Sun to Part ShadeModerate waterFast growthExcellent edible
From $3.95 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.ChicoryCichorium intybusFull Sun
Drought-tolerant · low waterFast growthExcellent edible
Chinese Artichoke (Crosne)Stachys affinisFull Sun to Part ShadeModerate waterModerate growthExcellent edible
From $3.99 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.Collard GreensBrassica oleracea var. viridisFull SunModerate waterModerate growthExcellent edible
From $2.70 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.CornZea maysFull SunHigh waterFast growthExcellent edible
From $2.20 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.CucumberCucumis sativusFull SunHigh waterVery Fast growthExcellent edible
From $3.65 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.Dandelion (Cultivated)Taraxacum officinaleFull Sun to Part ShadeModerate waterFast growthExcellent edible
Duck Potato (Wapato)Sagittaria latifoliaFull Sun to Part ShadeHigh waterModerate growthNative to North America
Edamame (Soybean)Glycine maxFull SunModerate waterFast growthExcellent edible
From $2.69 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.EggplantSolanum melongenaFull Sun — the most heat-loving of the nightshadesModerate waterModerate growthExcellent edible
From $14.95 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.Egyptian Walking OnionAllium × proliferumFull SunLow waterFast growthExcellent edible
From $18 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.Elephant EarColocasia esculentaFull Sun to Part ShadeHigh waterVery Fast in heat growthExcellent edible
Endive & EscaroleCichorium endiviaFull Sun to Part ShadeModerate waterModerate growthExcellent edible
From $2.69 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.FennelFoeniculum vulgareFull SunModerate waterFast growthExcellent edible
From $3.35 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.FenugreekTrigonella foenum-graecumFull SunModerate waterFast growthExcellent edible
Field Pea (Austrian Winter Pea)Pisum sativum subsp. arvenseFull SunModerate waterFast in cool weather growthExcellent edible
From $4.99 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.GarlicAllium sativumFull SunModerate waterSlow growthExcellent edible
From $2.69 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.Garlic ChivesAllium tuberosumFull Sun to Part ShadeLow waterModerate growthExcellent edible
From $19.95 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.GingerZingiber officinaleBright shade / morning sunModerate waterSlow start growthExcellent edible
From $3.95 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.Globe ArtichokeCynara scolymusFull SunHigh waterFast growthExcellent edible
Good King HenryBlitum bonus-henricusFull Sun to Part ShadeModerate waterModerate growthExcellent edible
From $3.95 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.Ground CherryPhysalis pruinosaFull SunModerate waterFast growthNative to North America
HorseradishArmoracia rusticanaFull Sun to Part ShadeModerate waterFast growthExcellent edible
Jerusalem ArtichokeHelianthus tuberosusFull SunLow waterVery Fast growthNative to North America
From $2.69 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.KaleBrassica oleraceaFull Sun to Part ShadeModerate waterFast growthExcellent edible
From $2.69 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.KohlrabiBrassica oleracea var. gongylodesFull SunModerate waterFast growthExcellent edible
From $2.99 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.LeekAllium ampeloprasumFull SunModerate waterSlow growthExcellent edible
From $2.50 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.LettuceLactuca sativaFull SunModerate waterFast growthExcellent edible
From $3.99 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.Luffa GourdLuffa aegyptiacaFull SunHigh waterFast in heat growthExcellent edible
From $2.69 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.Mâche (Corn Salad)Valerianella locustaFull Sun to Part ShadeModerate waterSlow-Moderate growthExcellent edible
From $4.99 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.Malabar SpinachBasella albaFull SunModerate waterVery Fast in heat growthExcellent edible
MashuaTropaeolum tuberosumFull Sun to Part ShadeModerate waterFast growthExcellent edible
From $4.45 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.Miner's Lettuce (Claytonia)Claytonia perfoliataFull Sun to Part ShadeModerate waterFast growthNative to North America
From $4.99 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.MizunaBrassica rapa var. niposinicaFull Sun to Part ShadeModerate waterVery Fast growthExcellent edible
From $4.75 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.Molokhia (Egyptian Spinach)Corchorus olitoriusFull SunModerate waterFast in heat growthExcellent edible
From $2.99 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.Mustard GreensBrassica junceaFull Sun to Part ShadeModerate waterVery Fast growthExcellent edible
From $4.99 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.Napa Cabbage (Chinese Cabbage)Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensisFull SunModerate waterFast growthExcellent edible
From $2.69 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.NasturtiumTropaeolum majusFull SunLow waterFast growthExcellent edible
From $3.49 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.New Zealand SpinachTetragonia tetragonioidesFull Sun to Part ShadeLow waterModerate growthExcellent edible
Oca (New Zealand Yam)Oxalis tuberosaFull Sun to Part ShadeModerate waterModerate growthExcellent edible
From $2.50 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.OkraAbelmoschus esculentusFull Sun — thrives in brutal heatLow waterFast in heat growthExcellent edible
From $2.69 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.OnionAllium cepaFull SunModerate waterModerate growthExcellent edible
From $4.99 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.Orach (Mountain Spinach)Atriplex hortensisFull SunModerate waterFast growthExcellent edible
From $31.80 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.Ostrich FernMatteuccia struthiopterisShade to Part ShadeHigh waterFast spreader once settled growthNative to North America
From $2.69 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.ParsnipPastinaca sativaFull SunModerate waterVery Slow growthExcellent edible
From $2.20 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.PeaPisum sativumFull SunModerate waterFast growthExcellent edible
From $5.99 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.PeanutArachis hypogaeaFull SunModerate waterModerate growthExcellent edible
From $2.49 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.PepperCapsicum annuumFull SunModerate waterModerate growthExcellent edible
From $4.49 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.PotatoSolanum tuberosumFull SunModerate waterModerate growthExcellent edible
Prickly PearOpuntia spp.Full SunLow waterSlow-Moderate growthExcellent edible
From $2.69 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.PumpkinCucurbita pepo / maximaFull SunModerate waterFast growthExcellent edible
From $3.95 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.PurslanePortulaca oleraceaFull SunDrought-tolerant · low waterVery Fast growthExcellent edible
From $2.69 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.QuinoaChenopodium quinoaFull SunDrought-tolerant · low waterFast growthExcellent edible
From $2.69 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.RadicchioCichorium intybus var. foliosumFull SunModerate waterModerate growthExcellent edible
From $2.69 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.RadishRaphanus sativusFull Sun to Part ShadeModerate waterVery Fast growthExcellent edible
Ramps (Wild Leek)Allium tricoccum
Deciduous SHADEModerate waterVERY slow growthNative to North America
From $34.99 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.RhubarbRheum rhabarbarumFull SunModerate waterFast once established growthExcellent edible
Roselle (Tea Hibiscus)Hibiscus sabdariffaFull SunModerate waterFast in heat growthExcellent edible
From $2.69 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.Rutabaga (Swede)Brassica napus var. napobrassicaFull SunModerate waterModerate growthExcellent edible
Sacred LotusNelumbo nuciferaFull SunHigh waterFast in heat growthExcellent edible
From $3.39 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.Scallion (Bunching Onion)Allium fistulosumFull Sun to Part ShadeModerate waterFast growthExcellent edible
From $16.95 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.Sea KaleCrambe maritimaFull SunDrought-tolerant · low waterSlow to establish growthExcellent edible
From $5.85 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.ShallotAllium cepa var. aggregatumFull SunModerate waterFast growthExcellent edible
Shungiku (Garland Chrysanthemum)Glebionis coronariaFull Sun to Part ShadeModerate waterFast growthExcellent edible
SkirretSium sisarumFull Sun to Part ShadeModerate waterModerate growthExcellent edible
From $2.69 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.SorrelRumex acetosaFull Sun to Part ShadeModerate waterFast growthExcellent edible
From $3.95 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.Southern Pea (Cowpea/Black-Eyed Pea)Vigna unguiculataFull SunLow waterFast in heat growthExcellent edible
From $2.50 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.SpinachSpinacia oleraceaFull SunModerate waterFast growthExcellent edible
SquashFull SunModerate waterExcellent edible
From $3.95 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.Stinging NettleUrtica dioicaPart Shade to SunModerate waterFast growthExcellent edible
Sweet PotatoIpomoea batatasFull SunDrought-tolerant · low waterFast growthExcellent edible
From $2.69 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.Swiss ChardBeta vulgaris subsp. ciclaFull Sun to Part ShadeModerate waterFast growthExcellent edible
From $4.39 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.TatsoiBrassica rapa subsp. narinosaFull Sun to Part ShadeModerate waterFast growthExcellent edible
Tillage Radish (Daikon Cover Crop)Raphanus sativus var. longipinnatusFull SunModerate waterVery Fast growthExcellent edible
From $2.99 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.TomatilloPhysalis philadelphicaFull SunDrought-tolerant · low waterFast growthExcellent edible
From $2.20 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.TomatoSolanum lycopersicumFull SunModerate waterFast growthExcellent edible
Turkish RocketBunias orientalisFull SunDrought-tolerant · low waterFast growthExcellent edible
TurmericCurcuma longaMorning sun / bright shadeModerate waterSlow-steady growthExcellent edible
From $2.69 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.TurnipBrassica rapa subsp. rapaFull SunModerate waterFast growthExcellent edible
Upland Cress (Land Cress)Barbarea vernaFull Sun to Part ShadeModerate waterFast growthExcellent edible
WasabiEutrema japonicumDeep Shade — never direct sunHigh waterVery Slow growthExcellent edible
Water Chestnut (Chinese)Eleocharis dulcisFull SunHigh waterModerate growthExcellent edible
From $2.90 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.WatercressNasturtium officinaleFull Sun to Part ShadeHigh waterFast growthExcellent edible
From $2.99 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.WatermelonCitrullus lanatusFull SunModerate waterFast growthExcellent edible
YaconSmallanthus sonchifoliusFull SunModerate waterFast growthExcellent edible