The plant library · 505 illustrated specimens
Plant library
About this library
505 plants, illustrated and extension-checked. This is the plant library of Story Thyme Farms, a Missouri food-forest farm. Every guide is compiled from university extension research — hardiness zones, chill hours, pollination needs, and where to actually buy the plant.
Where a card shows a price, it is the cheapest in-stock price we found at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price. What we do sell here is the botanical print: about two in three of these guides link to a matching collection in our print shop.
505 plants
Trees — fruit, nut & shade 75
From $65 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.AlmondPrunus dulcis
Full Sun
Moderate water
Moderate growth
Excellent edible
From $52.95 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.American Elm (Disease-Resistant)Ulmus americanaFull SunModerate water
Fast growth
Native to North America
American HollyIlex opaca
Full Sun to Part ShadeModerate water
Slow growthNative to North America
American Linden (Basswood)Tilia americanaFull Sun to Part ShadeModerate waterModerate-Fast growthNative to North America
From $69.95 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.American SycamorePlatanus occidentalisFull SunModerate waterFast growthNative to North America
From $49.95 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.AppleMalus domesticaFull SunModerate waterModerate growthExcellent edible
From $66.95 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.ApricotPrunus armeniacaFull SunModerate waterFast growthExcellent edible
From $17.07 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.ArborvitaeThuja occidentalis / 'Green Giant'Full Sun to Light ShadeModerate water'EG' slow-moderate growthNative to North America
From $112.95 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.AvocadoPersea americanaFull SunModerate waterFast growthExcellent edible
From $74.33 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.Bald CypressTaxodium distichumFull SunModerate waterModerate-Fast growthNative to North America
From $30.95 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.Bay LaurelLaurus nobilisFull Sun to Part Shade
Low waterSlow growth
Black CherryPrunus serotinaFull SunLow waterFast growthNative to North America
From $54.95 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.Black Gum (Tupelo)Nyssa sylvaticaFull Sun to Part ShadeModerate waterSlow-Moderate growthNative to North America
Black LocustRobinia pseudoacaciaFull SunLow waterVERY FAST growth
Deer-resistant
From $56.95 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.Calamondin OrangeCitrus × microcarpaBrightModerate waterModerate growthExcellent edible
Che (Chinese Mulberry)Maclura tricuspidataFull SunLow waterSlow-Moderate growthExcellent edible
CherryFull SunModerate waterExcellent edible
From $83.95 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.ChestnutCastanea mollissima & hybridsFull SunLow waterFast for a nut tree growthExcellent edible
From $84.95 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.Cocktail TreeMalus spp. / Prunus spp. / Pyrus spp. / Citrus spp.Full SunModerate waterVariable per graft growthExcellent edible
From $37.95 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.Colorado Blue SprucePicea pungensFull SunLow waterSlow-Moderate growthNative to North America
From $10.95 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.Crape MyrtleLagerstroemia indica hybridsFULL SUN — shade = mildew + no bloomLow waterFast growth
From $74.95 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.Dawn RedwoodMetasequoia glyptostroboidesFull SunModerate waterVery Fast growth
Eastern HemlockTsuga canadensisPart Shade to ShadeModerate waterSlow-Moderate growthNative to North America
From $49.92 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.Eastern RedbudCercis canadensisFull Sun to Part ShadeLow waterModerate-Fast growthNative to North America
From $46.95 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.Eastern RedcedarJuniperus virginianaFull SunLow waterModerate growthNative to North America
From $42.95 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.Eastern White PinePinus strobusFull Sun to Light ShadeModerate waterFAST growthNative to North America
From $63.96 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.Flowering CherryPrunus × yedoensis / serrulataFull SunModerate waterModerate growth
Flowering CrabappleMalus hybridsFull SunModerate waterModerate growthExcellent edible
From $55.95 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.Flowering DogwoodCornus floridaMORNING sun / afternoon shade — a forest-edge treeModerate waterSlow growthNative to North America
Fraser FirAbies fraseriFull Sun to Part ShadeModerate waterSlow growthNative to North America
From $85.95 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.Fringe TreeChionanthus virginicusFull Sun to Part ShadeModerate waterSlow growthNative to North America
From $75 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.GinkgoGinkgo bilobaFull SunLow waterSlow first decade growth
From $48.95 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.GrapefruitCitrus × paradisiFull Sun — needs the most heat of any citrusModerate waterModerate growthExcellent edible
From $83.95 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.HackberryCeltis occidentalisFull SunLow waterModerate-Fast growthNative to North America
From $26.14 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.HawthornCrataegus viridis 'Winter King'Full SunLow waterSlow-Moderate growthNative to North America
JujubeZiziphus jujubaFull Sun
Drought-tolerant · low waterModerate growthExcellent edible
Kentucky CoffeetreeGymnocladus dioicusFull SunLow waterSlow-Moderate growthNative to North America
From $49.95 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.KumquatCitrus japonicaFull Sun / sunniest windowModerate waterSlow-Moderate growthExcellent edible
From $25.95 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.LemonModerate waterExcellent edible
From $12.95 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.LimeCitrus × aurantiifolia / latifoliaFull SunModerate waterModerate growthExcellent edible
LoquatEriobotrya japonicaFull SunModerate waterModerate growthExcellent edible
Mandarin / TangerineCitrus reticulataFull SunModerate waterModerate growthExcellent edible
From $108.95 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.MangoMangifera indicaFull Sun — maximum heatModerate waterFast in heat growthExcellent edible
MapleModerate water
MedlarMespilus germanicaFull Sun to Light ShadeModerate waterSlow growthExcellent edible
From $36.95 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.MulberryMorus alba × rubra / M. rubraFull Sun to Part ShadeLow waterVery Fast growthExcellent edible
From $50.35 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.NectarinePrunus persicaFull SunModerate waterFast growthExcellent edible
Northern CatalpaCatalpa speciosaFull SunLow waterFast growthNative to North America
From $28.31 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.Norway SprucePicea abiesFull SunModerate waterFast growth
OakFull SunLow waterNative to North America
From $39.95 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.OliveOlea europaeaFull SunDrought-tolerant · low waterSlow growthExcellent edible
From $53.95 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.OrangeCitrus × sinensisFull Sun — 8+ hrsModerate waterModerate growthExcellent edible
From $43.95 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.PapayaCarica papayaFull SunModerate waterVERY Fast growthExcellent edible
PawpawAsimina trilobaShade when young
High waterModerate growthNative to North America
From $50.35 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.PeachPrunus persicaFull SunModerate waterFast growthExcellent edible
From $50.95 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.PearPyrus communisFull SunModerate waterModerate growthExcellent edible
From $64.95 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.PecanCarya illinoinensisFull SunHigh waterSlow-Moderate growthNative to North America
PersimmonFull Sun to Part ShadeExcellent edible
PistachioPistacia veraFull SunLow waterSlow growthExcellent edible
From $43.64 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.PlumFull SunExcellent edible
PluotPrunus salicina × armeniacaFull SunModerate waterFast growthExcellent edible
From $25.89 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.QuinceCydonia oblongaFull SunModerate waterSlow-Moderate growthExcellent edible
Red BuckeyeAesculus paviaFull Sun to Part ShadeModerate waterSlow-Moderate growthNative to North America
From $45.95 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.River BirchBetula nigraFull SunHigh waterFast growthNative to North America
SassafrasSassafras albidumFull Sun to Part ShadeLow waterModerate-Fast growthNative to North America
Saucer MagnoliaMagnolia × soulangeanaFull Sun to Light ShadeModerate waterModerate growth
Shagbark HickoryCarya ovataFull Sun to Part ShadeLow waterSlow growthNative to North America
SourwoodOxydendrum arboreumFull Sun to Part ShadeModerate waterSlow growthNative to North America
From $56.95 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.Southern MagnoliaMagnolia grandifloraFull Sun to Light ShadeModerate waterSlow-Moderate growthNative to North America
From $43.95 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.Sweetbay MagnoliaMagnolia virginianaFull Sun to Part ShadeModerate waterModerate growthNative to North America
From $78.32 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.SweetgumLiquidambar styracifluaFull SunModerate waterFast growthNative to North America
From $49.95 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.Tulip PoplarLiriodendron tulipiferaFull SunModerate waterFAST growthNative to North America
WalnutFull SunModerate growthExcellent edible
From $81.95 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.Weeping WillowSalix babylonica / alba hybridsFull SunModerate waterVERY FAST growth
From $64.95 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.YuzuCitrus junosFull Sun to Part ShadeModerate waterSlow-Moderate growthExcellent edibleShrubs & berries 76
Adam's Needle (Hardy Yucca)Yucca filamentosaFull SunLow waterSlow growthNative to North America
Arabian JasmineJasminum sambacFull Sun to bright lightModerate waterModerate growth
Aronia (Chokeberry) — ImprovedAronia melanocarpa 'Viking'Full Sun to Part ShadeLow waterModerate growthNative to North America
From $26.14 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.Arrowwood ViburnumViburnum dentatumFull Sun to Part ShadeModerate waterModerate-Fast growthNative to North America
From $21.94 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.AzaleaRhododendron spp. (deciduous & evergreen)Dappled shade / morning sunModerate waterSlow-Moderate growthDeer-resistant
Beach PlumPrunus maritimaFull SunDrought-tolerant · low waterModerate growthNative to North America
Bearberry (Kinnikinnick)Arctostaphylos uva-ursiFull Sun to Part ShadeLow waterSlow growthNative to North America
BeautyberryCallicarpa americanaFull Sun to Part ShadeLow waterFast growthNative to North America
From $26.14 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.BlackberryRubus fruticosusFull SunModerate waterFast growthExcellent edible
From $21.95 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.BlueberryVaccinium spp.Full SunHigh waterSlow-Moderate growthExcellent edible
From $15.95 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.BoxwoodBuxus spp.Full Sun to Part ShadeLow waterSlow growthDeer-resistant
From $30.77 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.Burning BushEuonymus alatusFull Sun to Part ShadeLow waterModerate growth
From $18.15 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.Butterfly BushBuddleja davidiiFull SunLow waterVery Fast growth
From $26.14 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.ButtonbushCephalanthus occidentalisFull Sun to Part ShadeHigh waterModerate growthNative to North America
From $26.15 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.Camellia (Japonica)Camellia japonicaPart Shade / morning sunModerate waterSlow growth
From $23.54 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.ChokeberryAronia melanocarpaFull Sun to Part ShadeModerate waterModerate growthNative to North America
Common LilacSyringa vulgarisFull Sun — 6+ hrs or few bloomsLow waterModerate growth
Cornelian Cherry DogwoodCornus masFull Sun to Part ShadeModerate waterSlow-Moderate growthDeer-resistant
From $41.95 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.CranberryVaccinium macrocarponFull SunHigh waterSlow-Moderate growthNative to North America
CurrantRibes spp.Part ShadeModerate waterModerate growthExcellent edible
From $20.91 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.DeutziaDeutzia gracilisFull Sun to Part ShadeModerate waterModerate growth
From $25.89 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.ElderberrySambucus canadensisFull Sun to Part ShadeHigh waterFast growthNative to North America
From $24.95 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.FigFicus caricaFull SunModerate waterFast growthExcellent edible
From $26.99 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.Flowering QuinceChaenomeles speciosaFull Sun to Part ShadeLow waterModerate growthExcellent edible
From $21.33 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.ForsythiaForsythia × intermediaFull SunLow waterFast growth
From $26.15 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.FothergillaFothergilla × intermediaFull Sun to Part ShadeModerate waterSlow growth
From $12.95 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.GardeniaGardenia jasminoidesFull Sun to Part ShadeModerate waterSlow-Moderate growth
Glossy AbeliaAbelia × grandifloraFull Sun to Part ShadeLow waterModerate growth
From $26.95 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.Goji BerryLycium barbarumFull SunLow waterFast growthExcellent edible
GooseberryRibes uva-crispaPart ShadeModerate waterModerate growthExcellent edible
GoumiElaeagnus multifloraFull Sun to Part ShadeLow waterFast growthExcellent edible
From $62.95 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.GuavaPsidium guajavaFull SunModerate waterFast growthExcellent edible
HazelnutCorylus americanaFull SunDrought-tolerant · low waterModerate growthNative to North America
Highbush CranberryViburnum trilobumFull Sun to Part ShadeModerate waterModerate growthNative to North America
HoneyberryLonicera caeruleaFull Sun to Part ShadeModerate waterModerate growthNative to North America
From $26.99 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.Japanese BarberryBerberis thunbergiiFull Sun to Part ShadeLow waterModerate growthDeer-resistant
JostaberryRibes × nidigrolariaFull Sun to Part ShadeModerate waterFast growthExcellent edible
From $23.98 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.JuniperJuniperus spp.FULL SUN — no exceptionsLow waterSlow-Moderate growth
From $24.51 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.Koreanspice ViburnumViburnum carlesiiFull Sun to Part ShadeModerate waterSlow-Moderate growth
From $2.69 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.LavenderLavandula angustifoliaFull SunDrought-tolerant · low waterModerate growth
Lemon VerbenaAloysia citrodoraFull SunModerate waterFast in summer growth
From $19.95 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.LingonberryVaccinium vitis-idaeaFull Sun to Part ShadeModerate waterSlow growthNative to North America
From $26.14 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.Mock OrangePhiladelphus coronariusFull Sun to Part ShadeModerate waterModerate growth
Mountain LaurelKalmia latifoliaPart Shade / morning sun — like its cousin rhododendronModerate waterSlow growthDeer-resistant
Nanking CherryPrunus tomentosaFull SunLow waterFast growthExcellent edible
New Jersey TeaCeanothus americanusFull Sun to Part ShadeLow waterSlow growthNative to North America
From $20.93 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.NinebarkPhysocarpus opulifoliusFull SunLow waterFast growthNative to North America
Oregon GrapeMahonia aquifoliumPart Shade to ShadeLow waterSlow-Moderate growthDeer-resistant
From $53.82 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.OsmanthusOsmanthus fragransFull Sun to Part ShadeLow waterSlow-Moderate growth
From $39.33 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.Pieris (Andromeda)Pieris japonicaPart Shade / morning sunModerate waterSlow growthDeer-resistant
Pineapple Guava (Feijoa)Feijoa sellowianaFull Sun to Part ShadeLow waterModerate growthExcellent edible
From $39.95 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.PomegranatePunica granatumFull SunLow waterModerate growthExcellent edible
From $26.14 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.Potentilla (Shrubby Cinquefoil)Dasiphora fruticosaFull SunLow waterModerate growthNative to North America
From $25.95 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.RaspberryRubus idaeus / R. occidentalisFull SunModerate waterFast growthExcellent edible
From $41.95 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.Redtwig DogwoodCornus sericeaFull SunModerate waterFast growthNative to North America
From $24.95 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.RhododendronRhododendron catawbiense hybridsDappled / morning sunModerate waterSlow growthDeer-resistant
From $19.31 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.Rose
From $25.84 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.Rose of SharonHibiscus syriacusFull SunLow waterModerate growth
From $2.69 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.RosemarySalvia rosmarinusFull SunLow waterModerate growth
From $2.99 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.SageSalvia officinalisFull SunLow waterModerate growth
Sea BuckthornHippophae rhamnoidesFull SunLow waterFast growthExcellent edible
Serviceberry / JuneberryAmelanchier spp.Full Sun to Part ShadeModerate waterModerate growthExcellent edible
Siberian Pea ShrubCaragana arborescensFull SunLow waterFast growth
Silver BuffaloberryShepherdia argenteaFull SunLow waterModerate growthNative to North America
From $28.45 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.SmokebushCotinus coggygriaFull SunLow waterFast growth
SpicebushLindera benzoinPart Shade to ShadeModerate waterModerate growthNative to North America
From $17.97 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.SpireaSpiraea japonica / × vanhoutteiFull SunLow waterFast growth
From $86.91 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.SummersweetClethra alnifoliaFull Sun to SHADEModerate waterSlow-Moderate growthDeer-resistant
Sweetshrub (Carolina Allspice)Calycanthus floridusFull Sun to Part ShadeModerate waterModerate growthDeer-resistant
From $40.95 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.Tea PlantCamellia sinensisMorning sun / afternoon shadeModerate waterSlow growth
From $36.79 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.Virginia SweetspireItea virginicaFull Sun to Part ShadeModerate waterModerate growthDeer-resistant
From $20.91 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.WeigelaWeigela floridaFull SunLow waterModerate growth
From $26.14 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.Winterberry HollyIlex verticillataFull Sun to Part ShadeModerate waterSlow-Moderate growthNative to North America
Wintergreen (Teaberry)Gaultheria procumbensPart Shade to ShadeModerate waterSlow growthNative to North America
Witch HazelHamamelis virginianaFull Sun to Part ShadeModerate waterSlow-Moderate growthNative to North America
Yaupon HollyIlex vomitoriaFull Sun to Part ShadeDrought-tolerant · low waterModerate growthNative to North AmericaVines 21
American GroundnutApios americanaFull Sun to Part ShadeModerate waterModerate growthNative to North America
From $2.69 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.Black-Eyed Susan VineThunbergia alataFull Sun to Part ShadeModerate waterFast growth
BoysenberryRubus ursinus × idaeusFull SunModerate waterFast growthExcellent edible
From $17.95 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.ClematisClematis hybrids & species
HEAD in sunModerate waterSlow start growth
Coral HoneysuckleLonicera sempervirensFull SunLow waterModerate growthNative to North America
From $16.99 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.English IvyHedera helix
Part Shade to Shade outdoorsModerate waterFast growthDeer-resistant
GrapeVitis spp.Full SunFast growthExcellent edible
From $42 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.HopsHumulus lupulusFull SunHigh waterEXPLOSIVE growth
From $3.49 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.Hyacinth BeanLablab purpureusFull SunModerate waterVery Fast growth
JiaogulanGynostemma pentaphyllumPart ShadeModerate waterFast growth
KiwiExcellent edible
Malabar SpinachBasella albaFull SunModerate waterVery Fast in heat growthExcellent edible
MandevillaMandevilla × hybridsFull Sun to Part ShadeModerate waterFast growth
Maypop (Hardy Passionflower)Passiflora incarnataFull SunLow waterFast growthNative to North America
MoonflowerIpomoea albaFull SunModerate waterVery Fast growthNative to North America
From $23.95 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.Passionfruit (Tropical)Passiflora edulisFull SunModerate waterVery Fast growthExcellent edible
SchisandraSchisandra chinensisPart Shade to ShadeModerate waterModerate growthExcellent edible
From $27.95 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.Star Jasmine (Confederate Jasmine)Trachelospermum jasminoidesFull Sun to Part ShadeModerate waterModerate growth
From $26.14 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.Trumpet VineCampsis radicansFull SunLow waterVery Fast — aggressive growthNative to North America
Virginia CreeperParthenocissus quinquefoliaFull Sun to full shadeLow waterVery Fast growthNative to North America
WisteriaWisteria frutescensFull SunModerate waterFast growthNative to North AmericaPerennials 142
AlfalfaMedicago sativaFull SunLow waterFast growth
American GinsengPanax quinquefoliusSHADE — 70-80%: north-slope hardwood understory or shade clothModerate waterVERY slow — roots reach harvest at 7-10+ YEARS growthNative to North America
Amsonia (Bluestar)Amsonia hubrichtiiFull Sun to Light ShadeLow waterSlow to establish growthDeer-resistant
From $2.99 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.Anise HyssopAgastache foeniculumFull SunLow waterFast growthNative to North America
From $7.49 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.AsparagusAsparagus officinalisFull SunModerate waterSlow to establish growthExcellent edible
From $22.09 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.AstilbeAstilbe × arendsiiPart Shade to ShadeHigh waterModerate growth
Autumn SedumHylotelephium 'Herbstfreude'Full SunLow waterModerate growth
From $27.95 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.Banana (Edible)Musa acuminata hybridsFull SunHigh waterVery Fast growthExcellent edible
BeanFull SunModerate waterExcellent edible
From $32.74 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.Bearded IrisIris germanicaFull SunLow waterModerate growth
From $2.69 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.Bee BalmMonarda didymaFull Sun to Light ShadeModerate waterFast growthNative to North America
Black-eyed SusanRudbeckia fulgidaFull SunLow waterFast growthNative to North America
From $16.99 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.Blanket FlowerGaillardia × grandifloraFull SunLow waterFast growth
From $31.19 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.Blazing Star (Liatris)Liatris spicataFull SunLow waterModerate growthNative to North America
From $23.22 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.Bleeding HeartLamprocapnos spectabilisPart Shade to ShadeModerate waterModerate growthDeer-resistant
Bloody Dock (Red-Veined Sorrel)Rumex sanguineusFull Sun to Part ShadeModerate waterFast growthExcellent edible
Blue VervainVerbena hastataFull Sun to Part ShadeModerate waterFast growthNative to North America
Brunnera (False Forget-Me-Not)Brunnera macrophyllaPart Shade to ShadeModerate waterSlow-Moderate growthDeer-resistant
From $16.99 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.Cardinal FlowerLobelia cardinalisFull Sun to Part ShadeHigh waterModerate growthDeer-resistant
CardoonCynara cardunculusFull SunModerate waterFast growthExcellent edible
From $13.95 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.CatmintNepeta × faasseniiFull SunLow waterFast growthDeer-resistant
From $2.69 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.CatnipNepeta catariaFull Sun to Part ShadeLow waterFast growth
ChicoryCichorium intybusFull SunDrought-tolerant · low waterFast growthExcellent edible
Chinese Artichoke (Crosne)Stachys affinisFull Sun to Part ShadeModerate waterModerate growthExcellent edible
From $2.69 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.ChivesAllium schoenoprasum / A. tuberosumFull Sun to Part ShadeModerate waterFast growth
From $2.69 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.ColumbineAquilegia canadensisPart ShadeModerate waterModerate growthNative to North America
ComfreySymphytum × uplandicumFull Sun to ShadeModerate waterVery Fast growth
Salt-tolerant
Common MilkweedAsclepias syriaca / tuberosaFull SunLow waterFast growthDeer-resistant
From $13.59 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.Coral Bells (Heuchera)Heuchera hybridsPart ShadeModerate waterModerate growth
From $2.69 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.CoreopsisCoreopsis verticillataFull SunLow waterModerate growthNative to North America
From $16.99 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.Creeping Phlox (Moss Phlox)Phlox subulataFull SunLow waterModerate growthNative to North America
From $6.49 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.Creeping ThymeThymus serpyllumFull SunLow waterSlow-Moderate growth
Culver's RootVeronicastrum virginicumFull Sun to Part ShadeModerate waterModerate growthDeer-resistant
Cup PlantSilphium perfoliatumFull Sun to Part ShadeModerate waterFast growthNative to North America
Curry PlantHelichrysum italicumFull SunLow waterModerate growth
Dandelion (Cultivated)Taraxacum officinaleFull Sun to Part ShadeModerate waterFast growthExcellent edible
From $16.99 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.DaylilyHemerocallisFull Sun to Part ShadeLow waterFast growthSalt-tolerant
From $2.69 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.DelphiniumDelphinium elatumFull SunModerate waterFast in season growthDeer-resistant
Duck Potato (Wapato)Sagittaria latifoliaFull Sun to Part ShadeHigh waterModerate growthNative to North America
From $2.99 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.EchinaceaEchinacea purpureaFull SunLow waterModerate growthNative to North America
Egyptian Walking OnionAllium × proliferumFull SunLow waterFast growthExcellent edible
From $16.99 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.False Indigo (Baptisia)Baptisia australisFull Sun to Light ShadeDrought-tolerant · low waterSlow to establish growthDeer-resistant
From $2.69 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.FennelFoeniculum vulgareFull SunModerate waterFast growthExcellent edible
From $2.69 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.FeverfewTanacetum partheniumFull SunLow waterFast growth
FoamflowerTiarella cordifoliaPart Shade to Full ShadeModerate waterModerate growthDeer-resistant
From $2.69 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.Four O'Clock (Marvel of Peru)Mirabilis jalapaFull Sun to Part ShadeLow waterFast growth
French TarragonArtemisia dracunculus 'Sativa'Full SunLow waterModerate growthNative to North America
Garden MumChrysanthemum × morifoliumFull SunModerate waterFast growth
From $16.99 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.Garden PhloxPhlox paniculataFull SunModerate waterModerate growthNative to North America
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 $44.95 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.GingerZingiber officinaleBright shade / morning sunModerate waterSlow start growthExcellent edible
Globe ArtichokeCynara scolymusFull SunHigh waterFast growthExcellent edible
Golden AlexandersZizia aureaFull Sun to Part ShadeModerate waterModerate growthNative to North America
GoldenrodSolidago hybridsFull SunLow waterFast growth
Good King HenryBlitum bonus-henricusFull Sun to Part ShadeModerate waterModerate growthExcellent edible
From $23.52 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.Great Blue LobeliaLobelia siphiliticaFull Sun to Part ShadeModerate waterModerate growthDeer-resistant
From $28.95 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.Hardy BananaMusa basjooFull SunHigh waterVery Fast growth
From $16.99 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.Hardy Geranium (Cranesbill)Geranium 'Rozanne' & spp.Full Sun to Part ShadeModerate waterModerate growthDeer-resistant
Helen's Flower (Sneezeweed)Helenium autumnaleFull SunModerate waterFast growthNative to North America
Hellebore (Lenten Rose)Helleborus × hybridusPart Shade to ShadeDrought-tolerant · low waterSlow growthDeer-resistant
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HorehoundMarrubium vulgareFull SunDrought-tolerant · low waterModerate growth
HorseradishArmoracia rusticanaFull Sun to Part ShadeModerate waterFast growthExcellent edible
From $15.82 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.HostaHosta spp.Shade to Part ShadeModerate waterModerate growth
From $19.89 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.Hydrangea
From $3.49 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.HyssopHyssopus officinalisFull SunLow waterModerate growth
From $16.99 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.IronweedVernonia noveboracensisFull SunModerate waterFast growthDeer-resistant
Jerusalem ArtichokeHelianthus tuberosusFull SunLow waterVery Fast growthNative to North America
Joe Pye WeedEutrochium purpureumFull Sun to Part ShadeModerate waterFast growthNative to North America
Lamb's EarStachys byzantinaFull Sun to Light ShadeLow waterFast growth
From $2.69 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.Lemon BalmMelissa officinalisFull Sun to Part ShadeModerate waterFast growth
Lemon ThymeThymus × citriodorusFull SunLow waterSlow-Moderate growth
From $26.14 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.Lily of the ValleyConvallaria majalisPart Shade to ShadeModerate waterModerate-Fast growthDeer-resistant
LovageLevisticum officinaleFull Sun to Part ShadeModerate waterFast once established growth
From $2.99 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.LupineLupinus 'Russell Hybrids'Full Sun to Light ShadeModerate waterFast growth
MarshmallowAlthaea officinalisFull Sun to Part ShadeModerate waterModerate growth
MashuaTropaeolum tuberosumFull Sun to Part ShadeModerate waterFast growthExcellent edible
MayapplePodophyllum peltatumPart Shade to Full ShadeModerate waterModerate growthNative to North America
From $4.49 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.Mexican Tarragon (Winter Tarragon)Tagetes lucidaFull SunLow waterFast growth
From $2.69 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.MintMentha spp.Full Sun to Part ShadeHigh waterAggressive/Invasive growth
Mountain MintPycnanthemum muticumFull Sun to Part ShadeModerate waterFast growthDeer-resistant
From $23.78 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.New England AsterSymphyotrichum novae-angliaeFull SunModerate waterFast growthNative to North America
Obedient PlantPhysostegia virginianaFull Sun to Part ShadeModerate waterFast growthNative to North America
Oca (New Zealand Yam)Oxalis tuberosaFull Sun to Part ShadeModerate waterModerate growthExcellent edible
From $2.69 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.OreganoOriganum vulgare subsp. hirtumFull SunLow waterFast growth
Ostrich FernMatteuccia struthiopterisShade to Part ShadeHigh waterFast spreader once settled growthNative to North America
PachysandraPachysandra terminalisSHADEModerate waterSlow-Moderate growthDeer-resistant
Pasque FlowerPulsatilla vulgarisFull SunLow waterSlow growthDeer-resistantPennyroyalMentha pulegiumFull Sun to Part ShadeHigh water
From $2.69 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.Penstemon (Beardtongue)Penstemon digitalisFull SunLow waterModerate growthNative to North America
From $55.95 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.PeonyPaeonia lactifloraFull SunModerate waterSlow growth
Perennial SalviaSalvia nemorosaFull SunLow waterModerate growthDeer-resistant
Persian ShieldStrobilanthes dyerianusPart Shade / bright indirect — color richest out of harsh sunModerate waterFast growth
PickerelweedPontederia cordataFull Sun to Part ShadeHigh waterModerate growthNative to North America
From $80.95 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.PineappleAnanas comosusFull Sun / brightest windowLow waterSlow growthExcellent edible
Prairie SmokeGeum triflorumFull SunLow waterSlow growthNative to North America
Purple Prairie CloverDalea purpureaFull SunDrought-tolerant · low waterSlow growthNative to North America
Ramps (Wild Leek)Allium tricoccumDeciduous SHADEModerate waterVERY slow growthNative to North America
Rattlesnake MasterEryngium yuccifoliumFull SunLow waterSlow growthDeer-resistant
Red CloverTrifolium pratenseFull Sun to Part ShadeModerate waterFast growth
RhubarbRheum rhabarbarumFull SunModerate waterFast once established growthExcellent edible
Roman ChamomileChamaemelum nobileFull Sun to Part ShadeLow waterModerate growth
RueRuta graveolensFull SunLow waterModerate growth
From $14.95 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.Russian SageSalvia yangiiFull Sun — full stopLow waterModerate growth
Sacred LotusNelumbo nuciferaFull SunHigh waterFast in heat growthExcellent edible
Salad BurnetSanguisorba minorFull Sun to Part ShadeDrought-tolerant · low waterModerate growth
Scallion (Bunching Onion)Allium fistulosumFull Sun to Part ShadeModerate waterFast growthExcellent edible
Sea KaleCrambe maritimaFull SunDrought-tolerant · low waterSlow to establish growthExcellent edible
From $2.69 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.Shasta DaisyLeucanthemum × superbumFull SunModerate waterModerate growth
From $24.93 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.Siberian IrisIris sibiricaFull Sun to Part ShadeModerate waterModerate growthDeer-resistant
SkirretSium sisarumFull Sun to Part ShadeModerate waterModerate growthExcellent edible
From $30.14 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.SkullcapScutellaria laterifloraFull Sun to Part ShadeModerate waterModerate growthNative to North America
Solomon's SealPolygonatum biflorumPart Shade to Full ShadeModerate waterSlow-Moderate growthDeer-resistant
From $2.69 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.SorrelRumex acetosaFull Sun to Part ShadeModerate waterFast growthExcellent edible
From $26.14 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.St. John's WortHypericum perforatumFull SunLow waterFast growth
From $4.49 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.SteviaStevia rebaudianaFull SunModerate waterModerate growth
Stinging NettleUrtica dioicaPart Shade to SunModerate waterFast growthExcellent edible
StrawberryFragaria × ananassaFull SunModerate waterFast growthNative to North America
Sweet CicelyMyrrhis odorataPart Shade to ShadeModerate waterModerate growth
Sweet MarjoramOriganum majoranaFull SunLow waterModerate growth
Sweet Violet & Native VioletsViola sororia / odorataFull Sun to Part ShadeModerate waterModerate growthNative to North America
Tall VerbenaVerbena bonariensisFull SunLow waterFast growth
From $3.49 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.ThymeThymus vulgarisFull SunLow waterSlow-Moderate growth
Turkish RocketBunias orientalisFull SunDrought-tolerant · low waterFast growthExcellent edible
TurmericCurcuma longaMorning sun / bright shadeModerate waterSlow-steady growthExcellent edible
From $32.58 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.TurtleheadChelone glabraFull Sun to Part ShadeHigh waterModerate growthDeer-resistant
ValerianValeriana officinalisFull Sun to Part ShadeModerate waterFast growth
Vietnamese Coriander (Rau Ram)Persicaria odorataFull Sun to Part ShadeHigh waterFast growth
Virginia BluebellsMertensia virginicaPart Shade to Full ShadeModerate waterModerate growthDeer-resistant
WasabiEutrema japonicumDeep Shade — never direct sunHigh waterVery Slow growthExcellent edible
Water Chestnut (Chinese)Eleocharis dulcisFull SunHigh waterModerate growthExcellent edible
Water LilyNymphaea hybridsFull SunHigh waterModerate growth
From $2.99 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.WatercressNasturtium officinaleFull Sun to Part ShadeHigh waterFast growthExcellent edible
White CloverTrifolium repensFull Sun to Part ShadeDrought-tolerant · low waterFast growth
From $2.69 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.Wild BergamotMonarda fistulosaFull Sun to Part ShadeLow waterFast growthNative to North America
Wild GingerAsarum canadensePart Shade to Full ShadeModerate waterSlow-Moderate growthDeer-resistant
Wild LupineLupinus perennisFull Sun to Part ShadeLow waterSlow growthNative to North America
Wild SennaSenna hebecarpaFull Sun to Part ShadeModerate waterFast growthNative to North America
Winter SavorySatureja montanaFull SunLow waterSlow growth
From $24.23 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.Wormwood (Artemisia)Artemisia absinthiumFull SunLow waterFast growthDeer-resistant
YaconSmallanthus sonchifoliusFull SunModerate waterFast growthExcellent edible
From $15.95 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.YarrowAchillea millefoliumFull SunLow waterFast growthAnnuals & vegetables 101
From $2.69 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.AmaranthAmaranthus spp.Full SunLow waterVery Fast growthExcellent edible
AnisePimpinella anisumFull SunModerate waterModerate growth
ArugulaEruca vesicariaFull SunModerate waterVery Fast growthExcellent edible
AshwagandhaWithania somniferaFull SunLow waterModerate growth
From $2.69 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.Bachelor's Button (Cornflower)Centaurea cyanusFull SunLow waterFast growth
From $2.69 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.BasilOcimum basilicumFull SunModerate waterFast growth
From $2.99 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.BeetBeta vulgarisFull SunModerate waterFast growthExcellent edible
BegoniaBegonia × semperflorensPart ShadeModerate waterModerate growth
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.BorageBorago officinalisFull SunLow waterFast growth
From $2.99 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.Breadseed PoppyPapaver somniferumFull SunLow waterFast growth
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
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
CalendulaCalendula officinalisFull SunLow waterFast growth
From $2.69 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.California PoppyEschscholzia californicaFull SunDrought-tolerant · low waterFast growthNative to North America
CantaloupeCucumis meloFull SunModerate waterFast 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 $2.69 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.CeleryApium graveolensFull Sun to light afternoon shadeHigh waterSlow growthExcellent edible
From $2.69 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.CelosiaCelosia argenteaFull SunLow waterFast growth
Celtuce (Stem Lettuce)Lactuca sativa var. augustanaFull Sun to Part ShadeModerate waterFast growthExcellent edible
Cereal Rye (Winter Rye)Secale cerealeFull SunLow waterVery Fast growth
From $2.69 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.ChervilAnthriscus cerefoliumPart Shade — bolts fast in sun/heatModerate waterFast growth
From $2.69 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.Cilantro / CorianderCoriandrum sativumFull Sun spring/fallModerate waterVery Fast growth
From $2.99 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.Cleome (Spider Flower)Cleome hasslerianaFull SunLow waterFast growth
From $2.99 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.ColeusColeus scutellarioidesOld types shadeModerate waterVery Fast growth
Collard GreensBrassica oleracea var. viridisFull SunModerate waterModerate growthExcellent edible
From $4.49 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.CornZea maysFull SunHigh waterFast growthExcellent edible
From $2.69 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.CosmosCosmos bipinnatusFull SunLow waterVery Fast growth
Crimson CloverTrifolium incarnatumFull SunModerate waterFast growth
From $2.69 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.CucumberCucumis sativusFull SunHigh waterVery Fast growthExcellent edible
From $2.69 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.DillAnethum graveolensFull SunModerate waterFast growth
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
Endive & EscaroleCichorium endiviaFull Sun to Part ShadeModerate waterModerate growthExcellent edible
EpazoteDysphania ambrosioidesFull SunLow waterFast growth
FenugreekTrigonella foenum-graecumFull SunModerate waterFast growthExcellent edible
Field Pea (Austrian Winter Pea)Pisum sativum subsp. arvenseFull SunModerate waterFast in cool weather growthExcellent edible
Flowering TobaccoNicotiana alata & sylvestrisFull Sun to Part ShadeModerate waterFast growthDeer-resistant
From $27.81 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.Geranium (Zonal)Pelargonium × hortorumFull SunLow waterModerate growth
From $2.69 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.German ChamomileMatricaria chamomillaFull SunLow waterFast growth
Globe AmaranthGomphrena globosaFull SunLow waterModerate growth
Ground CherryPhysalis pruinosaFull SunModerate waterFast growthNative to North America
Hairy VetchVicia villosaFull SunLow waterFast growth
From $2.99 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.Holy Basil (Tulsi)Ocimum tenuiflorumFull SunModerate waterFast growth
ImpatiensImpatiens wallerianaShade to Part Shade — THE shade annualHigh waterFast growth
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 $2.69 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.LarkspurConsolida ajacisFull SunModerate waterFast growthDeer-resistant
From $2.99 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.LeekAllium ampeloprasumFull SunModerate waterSlow growthExcellent edible
From $2.69 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.LettuceLactuca sativaFull SunModerate waterFast growthExcellent edible
From $2.69 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.Love-in-a-MistNigella damascenaFull SunLow waterFast growth
From $4.49 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 $2.69 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.MarigoldTagetes erecta / patulaFull SunLow waterFast growth
From $2.69 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.Mexican Sunflower (Tithonia)Tithonia rotundifoliaFull SunLow waterVery Fast growth
Miner's Lettuce (Claytonia)Claytonia perfoliataFull Sun to Part ShadeModerate waterFast growthNative to North America
MizunaBrassica rapa var. niposinicaFull Sun to Part ShadeModerate waterVery Fast growthExcellent edible
Molokhia (Egyptian Spinach)Corchorus olitoriusFull SunModerate waterFast in heat growthExcellent edible
From $2.69 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.Morning GloryIpomoea tricolorFull SunLow waterVery Fast growth
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
From $2.69 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.OkraAbelmoschus esculentusFull Sun — thrives in brutal heatLow waterFast in heat growthExcellent edible
Orach (Mountain Spinach)Atriplex hortensisFull SunModerate waterFast growthExcellent edible
Pansy & ViolaViola × wittrockianaFull Sun to Part Shade in cool seasonsModerate waterModerate growth
From $2.69 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.ParsnipPastinaca sativaFull SunModerate waterVery Slow growthExcellent edible
From $2.99 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.PeaPisum sativumFull SunModerate waterFast growthExcellent edible
PeanutArachis hypogaeaFull SunModerate waterModerate growthExcellent edible
From $2.69 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.PepperCapsicum annuumFull SunModerate waterModerate growthExcellent edible
From $2.69 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.Perilla (Shiso)Perilla frutescensFull Sun to Part ShadeModerate waterFast growth
From $2.69 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.PetuniaPetunia × atkinsianaFull SunModerate waterFast growth
Phacelia (Lacy Phacelia)Phacelia tanacetifoliaFull SunLow waterVery Fast growthNative to North America
From $4.49 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.PotatoSolanum tuberosumFull SunModerate waterModerate growthExcellent edible
From $2.69 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.PumpkinCucurbita pepo / maximaFull SunModerate waterFast growthExcellent edible
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.RadishRaphanus sativusFull Sun to Part ShadeModerate waterVery Fast growthExcellent edible
Roselle (Tea Hibiscus)Hibiscus sabdariffaFull SunModerate waterFast in heat growthExcellent edible
Shungiku (Garland Chrysanthemum)Glebionis coronariaFull Sun to Part ShadeModerate waterFast growthExcellent edible
SnapdragonAntirrhinum majusFull SunModerate waterModerate growth
Sorghum-SudangrassSorghum × drummondiiFull SunLow waterVery Fast in heat growth
Southern Pea (Cowpea/Black-Eyed Pea)Vigna unguiculataFull SunLow waterFast in heat growthExcellent edible
From $2.69 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.SpinachSpinacia oleraceaFull SunModerate waterFast growthExcellent edible
SquashFull SunModerate waterExcellent edible
From $2.69 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.Stock (Gillyflower)Matthiola incanaFull SunModerate waterFast growth
From $2.69 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.Summer SavorySatureja hortensisFull SunLow waterFast growth
From $2.99 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.SunflowerHelianthus annuusFull SunLow waterVery Fast growthNative to North America
From $2.69 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.Sweet AlyssumLobularia maritimaFull Sun to Part ShadeLow waterFast growth
From $3.49 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.Sweet PeaLathyrus odoratusFull SunModerate waterFast in cool weather growth
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
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 $2.69 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.TomatoSolanum lycopersicumFull SunModerate waterFast growthExcellent edible
From $2.69 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.TurnipBrassica rapa subsp. rapaFull SunModerate waterFast growthExcellent edible
From $2.99 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.WatermelonCitrullus lanatusFull SunModerate waterFast growthExcellent edible
From $2.69 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.ZinniaZinnia elegansFull SunModerate waterVery Fast growthBiennials 13
AngelicaAngelica archangelicaFull Sun to Part ShadeModerate waterFast growth
CarawayCarum carviFull SunModerate waterModerate growth
From $2.69 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.CarrotDaucus carotaFull SunModerate waterSlow growthExcellent edible
Celeriac (Celery Root)Apium graveolens var. rapaceumFull Sun to Light ShadeHigh waterSlow growthExcellent edible
Culantro (Recao)Eryngium foetidumPart ShadeModerate waterModerate growth
From $2.69 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.FoxgloveDigitalis purpureaPart ShadeModerate waterRosette year one growthDeer-resistant
From $2.69 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.HollyhockAlcea roseaFull SunModerate waterFast growth
MulleinVerbascum thapsusFull SunLow waterFast year two growthSalt-tolerant
From $2.69 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.ParsleyPetroselinum crispumFull Sun to Part ShadeModerate waterSlow start growth
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.Rutabaga (Swede)Brassica napus var. napobrassicaFull SunModerate waterModerate growthExcellent edible
From $2.69 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.Sweet WilliamDianthus barbatusFull Sun to Part ShadeModerate waterFast growth
Upland Cress (Land Cress)Barbarea vernaFull Sun to Part ShadeModerate waterFast growthExcellent edibleBulbs 21
CaladiumCaladium bicolorPart Shade to ShadeModerate waterFast in heat growthDeer-resistant
CamasCamassia quamashFull Sun to Part ShadeModerate waterSpring bulb growthNative to North America
Canna LilyCanna × generalisFull SunHigh waterVery Fast in heat growth
From $24.86 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.CrocosmiaCrocosmia 'Lucifer' & hybridsFull SunModerate waterFast growth
CrocusCrocus spp.Full SunLow waterSpring ephemeral growth
DaffodilNarcissus spp.Full Sun to Part ShadeLow waterSpring ephemeral growthDeer-resistant
From $2.69 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.DahliaDahlia pinnata hybridsFull SunModerate waterFast from May tubers growth
Elephant EarColocasia esculentaFull Sun to Part ShadeHigh waterVery Fast in heat growthExcellent edible
GarlicAllium sativumFull SunModerate waterSlow growthExcellent edible
GladiolusGladiolus × hortulanusFull SunModerate waterFast growth
Grape HyacinthMuscari armeniacumFull Sun to Part ShadeLow waterSpring bulb growth
HyacinthHyacinthus orientalisFull SunLow waterSpring ephemeral growth
From $2.99 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.LilyLilium (Asiatic & Oriental)Full SunModerate waterModerate growthDeer-resistant
From $2.69 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.OnionAllium cepaFull SunModerate waterModerate growthExcellent edible
Ornamental AlliumAllium 'Globemaster' & spp.Full SunLow waterSpring bulb growth
Ranunculus (Persian Buttercup)Ranunculus asiaticusFull SunModerate waterFast in cool weather growthDeer-resistant
Saffron CrocusCrocus sativusFull SunModerate waterCorms multiply yearly growth
ShallotAllium cepa var. aggregatumFull SunModerate waterFast growthExcellent edible
SnowdropGalanthus nivalisPart ShadeModerate waterSpring ephemeral growthDeer-resistant
From $114.63 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.TulipTulipa spp.Full SunLow waterSpring ephemeral growthDeer-resistant
From $29.62 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.Windflower (Anemone)Anemone coronaria & blandaFull Sun to Part ShadeModerate waterFast in cool weather growthDeer-resistantGrasses 10
BambooModerate water
Blue FescueFestuca glaucaFull SunLow waterModerate growth
From $16.99 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.Feather Reed GrassCalamagrostis × acutiflora 'Karl Foerster'Full SunModerate waterFast growth
From $16.99 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.Fountain GrassPennisetum alopecuroidesFull SunLow waterFast growth
From $25.95 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.LemongrassCymbopogon citratusFull SunHigh waterVery Fast in heat growth
From $43.58 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.Little BluestemSchizachyrium scopariumFull SunLow waterModerate growthNative to North America
From $16.99 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.Maiden GrassMiscanthus sinensisFull SunLow waterFast each season growth
Northern Sea OatsChasmanthium latifoliumFull Sun to Part ShadeModerate waterFast growthNative to North America
Prairie DropseedSporobolus heterolepisFull SunLow waterSlow growthNative to North America
From $16.99 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.SwitchgrassPanicum virgatumFull SunModerate waterFast growthNative to North AmericaHouseplants 33
African VioletStreptocarpus ionanthusBright indirectModerate waterModerate growth
Air PlantTillandsia spp.Bright indirectModerate waterSlow growth
From $63.95 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.Alocasia (Elephant Ear)Alocasia × amazonicaBright indirect — no harsh direct sunModerate waterModerate in warmth growthDeer-resistant
Anthurium (Flamingo Flower)Anthurium andraeanumBright indirectModerate waterSlow-Moderate growthDeer-resistant
Arrowhead PlantSyngonium podophyllumMedium to bright indirectModerate waterFast growthDeer-resistant
From $24.95 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.Bird of ParadiseStrelitzia reginaeFull Sun / brightest window — bloom demands itModerate waterModerate growth
Bird's Nest FernAsplenium nidusMedium indirect — low light tolerantModerate waterSlow growth
Boston FernNephrolepis exaltataBright indirectHigh waterModerate growthNative to North America
Calathea (Prayer Plant family)Goeppertia spp.Medium indirect — direct sun bleaches the patternsHigh waterModerate growth
From $3.49 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.Corn PlantDracaena fragransLow to bright indirect — very tolerantLow waterSlow growth
CrotonCodiaeum variegatumBright light inclModerate waterModerate growth
Dieffenbachia (Dumb Cane)Dieffenbachia seguineMedium to bright indirect — direct sun scorchesModerate waterModerate growth
From $2.69 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.Dragon TreeDracaena marginataMedium to bright indirectLow waterSlow growth
From $48.95 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
Golden PothosEpipremnum aureumLow to bright indirect — the most forgiving houseplantLow waterFast growthDeer-resistant
Heartleaf PhilodendronPhilodendron hederaceumMedium to bright indirectModerate waterFast growthDeer-resistant
Hoya (Wax Plant)Hoya carnosaBright indirectLow waterSlow-Moderate growth
From $2.99 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.Money TreePachira aquaticaBright indirectModerate waterModerate growth
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 $33.95 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
Pilea (Chinese Money Plant)Pilea peperomioidesBright indirect — rotate weekly or it leans hardModerate waterFast 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
Schefflera (Umbrella Plant)Schefflera arboricolaBright indirect — leggy and sparse in low lightModerate waterModerate-Fast growthDeer-resistant
From $41.95 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.Snake PlantDracaena trifasciataLow to bright indirect — tolerates almost anythingLow waterSlow growth
From $28.95 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.Spider PlantChlorophytum comosumBright indirectModerate waterFast 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
ZZ PlantZamioculcas zamiifoliaLow to bright indirect — famously tolerantLow waterSlow growthSucculents 11
Agave (Century Plant)Agave spp.Full SunLow waterSlow growth
From $26.95 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.Aloe VeraAloe veraBright light — a south window or outside for summerLow waterModerate growth
EcheveriaEcheveria elegansFull sun to bright light — stretchesLow waterSlow growth
Hardy Ice PlantDelosperma cooperiFull SunLow waterFast growthSalt-tolerant
Haworthia (Zebra Plant)Haworthiopsis attenuataBright indirect — gentler light than most succulentsLow waterSlow growth
Hens and ChicksSempervivum tectorumFull SunLow waterSlow growth
Holiday CactusSchlumbergera × buckleyiBright indirect — it's a jungle cactusModerate waterSlow growth
Jade PlantCrassula ovataBright light with some direct sunLow waterSlow growth
KalanchoeKalanchoe blossfeldianaBright light — some direct sun for bloomLow waterModerate growth
From $42.95 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.Ponytail PalmBeaucarnea recurvataBright light — some direct sunLow waterVery Slow growth
String of PearlsCurio rowleyanusBright light with some direct sunLow waterFast in season growthCacti 2
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The library pre-sorted by kind, trait, and zone — plus side-by-side variety tables for picking the right cultivar.
Fruit trees 31Nut trees 7Berry bushes 33Vegetables 104Herbs 91Flowering vines 17Houseplants 59Shade trees 21Deer-resistant plants 57Native plants 135Self-fertile fruit trees 20Pollinator plants 406Fruit trees for zone 4 9Fruit trees for zone 5 15Fruit trees for zone 6 17Fruit trees for zone 7 18Fruit trees for zone 8 22Fruit trees for zone 9 21Low-chill peaches & nectarines 8Low-chill plums 7Low-chill apricots 5Cold-hardy apples 10Cold-hardy figs 7Self-fertile plums 5Self-fertile sweet cherries 5Self-fertile pears 15Fireblight-resistant pears 13Disease-resistant apples 5Storage apples 13Disease-resistant tomatoes 10All collections