Succulent
Snake plant
Dracaena trifasciata
Snake plant care with the long soak-and-dry watering interval it prefers, the light it tolerates, and what a soft or wrinkled leaf is telling you.
low lightwater moderate
ThursdayThe middle of autumn
A free plant care scheduler for the home and garden.
Add the plants you own. House & Hedge works out when each one wants watering, feeding and repotting from the season, the light and the pot it lives in, and keeps the list on your own device.
Add my plantsBrowse the entries
- No account
- No app
- Nothing to pay
- The list never leaves the house
To-day's log
an example, until you add a plant- Kitchen monstera waterto-day
- Peace lily, bathroom water and mistdone
- Basil on the sill waterto-day
- Snake plant, hallway watersoon
- Pothos on the shelf feedoverdue!
Your own list looks like this once you add a plant.
Kept on your device
Everything is kept on your own device. There is no account to maintain, no email to give, nothing to install.
Plants to start with
Succulent
Aloe vera
Aloe vera
Aloe vera care on a bright windowsill, with the soak and dry watering it needs, why leaves flatten or curl, and how to pot up the offsets.
full sunwater moderate
Lately entered
Swiss cheese plantMonstera deliciosaHow to care for a Monstera deliciosa indoors, with a watering interval that changes with the season and the light, plus its usual ailments and their fixes.bright indirect lightwater weeklyRead the entry
PothosEpipremnum aureumPothos care made simple, with a seasonal watering interval, the light it really needs to keep its variegation, and quick fixes for yellow or limp leaves.medium lightwater weeklyRead the entry
CalatheaGoeppertia orbifoliaCalathea care that keeps the leaves whole, with the humidity and water quality it insists on, why the edges curl, and how to divide a crowded pot.medium lightwater weeklyRead the entry
Fiddle-leaf figFicus lyrataFiddle-leaf fig care that keeps the leaves on, with the light it actually needs, why brown spots appear, and what to do about a bare lower stem.bright indirect lightwater moderateRead the entry
Jade plantCrassula ovataJade plant care with the long watering interval it wants, the light that keeps it compact, why leaves drop, and how to root a single leaf.full sunwater moderateRead the entrySnake plantDracaena trifasciataSnake plant care with the long soak-and-dry watering interval it prefers, the light it tolerates, and what a soft or wrinkled leaf is telling you.low lightwater moderateRead the entryWhat we do not do
We do not ask who you are
There is no account, no email, no app store.
Your list stays with you
Your list is saved in your browser, and you can carry it to another device with a single link or a small file.
Adverts never stand in the way
Adverts pay for the site, and they will never stand between you and your plants.
The almanac
What to sow in October
Both halves of the world, researched apart rather than shifted by six months. Pick the one you garden in.
yoursNorthern hemispherethe middle of autumnSowking protea, pot marigold, sweet peaPlant outamaryllis, blackberry, blackcurrantPickapple, beetroot, carrotyoursSouthern hemispherethe middle of springSowagapanthus, basil, cape leadwortPlant outagapanthus, amaryllis, bougainvilleaPickbeetroot, carrot, chives
Plant care on one working list
House & Hedge is a free, no-signup plant care scheduler for the home and garden.
You keep a working list of the plants in your care and consult a reference entry to understand each one better: its light and water needs, its seasons, the ailments that most often trouble it. You make your own notes as the year turns and circumstances change. Everything is kept on your own device. There is no account to maintain, no email to give, nothing to install.
The site holds four tools, each one a part of how a gardener actually thinks.
- Daily log
- Your working record: the plants you own and what each one wants to-day, drawn from its entry and adjusted for your light, your season and the pot it lives in.
- Index of specimens
- The field guide itself, a collection you can search or browse: every plant we have written up, with its light requirements, watering intervals through the year, soil preference, whether it is safe around cats and dogs, and the common ailments that trouble it.
- Problem diagnoser
- When something goes wrong, it helps you think it through. You describe a symptom (yellowing leaves, wilting, spots or webbing), and it helps you work out what has happened and what to do about it.
- Planting almanac
- It is both a reference and a planner: it tells you what to sow, what to plant out and what to pick this month in your own hemisphere, researched separately for the north and south because the seasons are not a mirror.
How the entries work
Every plant has an entry: its light, its watering rhythm through the year, the soil it likes, whether it is safe around cats and dogs, and the ailments that most often trouble it. The entries are written for real rooms in real homes, north and south of the equator.
When you add a plant to your list, the site reads its entry, adjusts for your season and your room, and puts it on today's log when it is due. It explains its reasoning in plain words, and you can overrule it whenever you know better.
House & Hedge is free. It is paid for by advertising, and adverts will never stand between you and your plants.