THE PLANT LIBRARY · 18 GUIDES
Other plants.
A houseplant for your window, herbs for dinner, or a little fruit outside. Choose a place to start.
Houseplants
A little green indoors. Start with a healthy nursery plant and learn when to leave the watering can alone.
HouseplantsPothos
A little green for your bookshelf.
- Pot
- Keep its nursery pot
- Start with
- 1 small plant
HouseplantsSnake plant
For the gardener who sometimes forgets.
- Pot
- Keep its nursery pot
- Start with
- 1 small plant
HouseplantsSpider plant
A fountain of leaves, with little plants to share.
- Pot
- Keep its nursery pot
- Start with
- 1 small plant
HouseplantsZZ plant
Glossy green leaves. Plenty of time between drinks.
- Pot
- Keep its nursery pot
- Start with
- 1 small plant
HouseplantsPeace lily
Glossy leaves for a bright corner, with a gentle care routine.
- Pot
- Keep its nursery pot
- Start with
- 1 small plant
HouseplantsJade plant
A little tree-shaped succulent for your sunniest window.
- Pot
- Keep its nursery pot
- Start with
- 1 small plant
HouseplantsChristmas cactus
One small plant, with flowers to look forward to each winter.
- Pot
- Keep its nursery pot
- Start with
- 1 rooted plant
HouseplantsMonstera
Big green leaves, with a simple check-before-watering routine.
- Pot
- Keep its nursery pot
- Start with
- 1 nursery plant
Herbs
Fresh leaves for dinner, close to the kitchen. Start with a rooted plant or a few seeds, a draining pot, and a bright outdoor spot.
HerbsBasil
A sunny pot, a handful for dinner.
- Pot
- 3-gallon pot
- Start with
- 1 nursery start
HerbsMint
Fresh leaves, kept happily in their own pot.
- Pot
- 3-gallon pot
- Start with
- 1 nursery start
HerbsCilantro
A fresh handful for tacos, from your own pot.
- Pot
- 12 × 12 × 10 in.
- Start with
- 8 seeds → 4 plants
HerbsChives
Snip a few leaves. Finish dinner.
- Pot
- 3-gallon pot
- Start with
- 1 rooted clump
HerbsParsley
Fresh leaves for dinner, a few stems at a time.
- Pot
- 12 × 12 in. pot
- Start with
- 1 nursery plant
HerbsRosemary
One sunny pot, with fragrant sprigs for the kitchen.
- Pot
- 12 × 12 in. pot
- Start with
- 1 nursery plant
HerbsDill
A few feathery sprigs for potatoes, fish, or pickles.
- Pot
- 5-gallon pot
- Start with
- 3 seeds → 1 plant
HerbsThyme
Tiny fragrant leaves from one small, sunny pot.
- Pot
- 2-gallon pot
- Start with
- 1 nursery plant
Fruit
Strawberries or blueberries, close enough to pick. Find a sunny-pot plan with the right soil, watering checks, and specific feeding advice.
