If you share your home with a feline friend, cat-friendly plants are a must. Below, you’ll find 5 of our favorites, ranging from stylish air plants to Instagram’s favorite piece of greenery.

If you’re looking at plant options not covered here — and you’re worried about a new plant’s potential toxicity — be sure and head over to the ASPCA. The organization maintains a lauded and comprehensive database for pet owners looking to determine if a plant could cause harm.

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As one of Brooklyn's most passionate plant consultants, Maryah Greene — founder of the nature-centric Greene Piece — knows her job is part greenery advisor and part therapist.

Greene's job is to intuit what her clients need — and what their schedules and homes will permit. She practices a philosophy that, for plant novitiates, begins with self-forgiveness: “You don't need a 'green thumb'. You just need what works for you."

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Every house has one: a sunless room that needs plants but can’t sustain them. Not all plants require sunlight to power its basic biomechanical engine, via photosynthesis.

Parasitic plants like witches hair, or dodder, take nutrients from other plants, while saprophytic plants feed on other organic matter. Most do — but many can get by on just a bit of indirect light. These are the plants for your basement apartments, subterranean guest suits, and windowless bathrooms.

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Edible Gardens LA founder, Lauri Kranz is a passionate advocate for planting gorgeous flowers and nourishing food together in the same garden

and designs and sustains edible gardens for (fortunate) chefs, restaurants, schools, and private clients. She's also the author of "A Garden Can Be Anywhere. Creating Beautiful and Bountiful Edible Gardens."

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Tumbleweed is nature at its most expressive. Home stylists have long appreciated the sculptural potential of organic objects

from a commanding vase of flowering branches to delicate reindeer moss, tucked beneath a glass cloche. A small cluster of tumbleweed can add a soft, organic touch to a shelf display, while a large one can work as a focal point.

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Looking for a source of reliable information on the best air-cleaning plants? Few organizations have as vested an interest in healthy air in tight spaces as NASA

The NASA Clean Air Study was originally published in 1989, and it turned out to offer a resounding endorsement to the power of houseplants, and its chief conclusion is just as applicable to your stuffy bedroom as a NASA space station. NASA concurs; plants play a crucial role in “cleaning” our air.

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There's a trick to learning how to decorate with a glass cloche — or a bell jar, as these elegant, streamlined pieces are often called

Think of the cloche as a three-dimensional picture frame. Within the glass cloche, almost anything can earn pride of place — but of course our favorite bell jars show off delicate, organic matter. Natural reindeer moss makes for an earthy, rustic display, while under a glass dome, these wood flowers become even more sculptural.

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Everyone wants a healthy, happy home — but where to start? Dr. Rob Brown knows.

Here, we speak to Brown about how to create a healthier, happier home right now, from minimizing use of BPA — otherwise known as bisphenol A, a chemical used in plastics — to using houseplants to manage our exposure to VOCs (volatile organic compounds, which can be released from consumer products like paint.)

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FRENCH DESIGNER AND PLANT DYE DEVOTEE, MARIE SILANES, USES BOTANICAL EXTRACTS TO GIVE HER ARTISAN CRAFTED TEXTILES THEIR NATURAL, NUANCED HUES.

“These fabrics tell the story of a people,” says French designer Marie Silanes, who hand-produces cushions, pillows, and other home goods with silk, cotton, and alpaca and merino wool made by artisans in India, China, and Bolivia. “When I see normal fabrics — industrial fabrics — they just don’t talk about the same things.”

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Lab glass was produced on a much smaller scale than mainstream glassware, and today these pieces are highly collectible.

It’s a favorite of decorators who use it to accent minimalist as well as industrial-style interiors. And author, interior stylist, and frequent Bloomist collaborator, Hilary Robertson, often incorporates lab glass in her still lifes as seen in the images above and below on her heavy stone table. 

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