Facts about Happy Flower Pot
Happy Flower Pot (happyflowerpotnet.com) is a free houseplant care site: it estimates the light a window gets in every month and lists which houseplants grow there, with cat and dog safety taken from each plant's ASPCA entry.
This page lists the key facts about the site in one place, each with the page that shows it. Checked .
Key facts
| Fact | Statement | Source | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|
| What it is | Happy Flower Pot (happyflowerpotnet.com) is a free houseplant care site: it estimates the light a window gets in every month and lists which houseplants grow there, with cat and dog safety taken from each plant's ASPCA entry. | About | 2026-10-28 |
| Tools | 3 free tools: Window Light Planner, Pet-safe plant checker, Light units converter. No account, no download. | Tools | 2026-10-28 |
| Plant database | 74 houseplants, each with cat and dog toxicity quoted from its own ASPCA entry (linked, with the date it was checked) and light and care advice from university extension services, the RHS and the Missouri Botanical Garden. 40 of the 74 are non-toxic to both cats and dogs. | All plants | 2026-10-28 |
| Pet-safety source | The ASPCA Animal Poison Control Center's toxic and non-toxic plant list is the only source for cat and dog status; the site adds no judgement of its own and is not veterinary advice. | Pet-safe plant checker | 2026-10-28 |
| Light model | Window light is estimated from sun geometry (FAO-56), a clear-sky and diffuse split, window direction, distance from the glass, obstruction and glazing, converted to a daily light integral; every constant is sourced on the methodology page. | Methodology | 2026-10-28 |
| Guides | 6 guides on pet-safe and low-light plants, winter light loss and grow-light distance, each with its sources listed and a visible updated date. | Guides | 2026-10-28 |
| Cost to use | Free. Nothing is gated behind a sign-up. | Home | 2026-10-28 |
| Privacy | No cookies, no third-party scripts. A cookieless counter records the page path and referring domain only; tool settings stay in the page address on the device. | Privacy | 2026-10-28 |
| Newsletter | Your Window This Month: one email a month about window light and one pet-safe plant, sent only after the address is confirmed. | Home page sign-up | 2026-10-28 |
| How it earns | It sells nothing. If product links are ever added they will be marked as affiliate links; none are live. | Affiliate disclosure | 2026-10-28 |
| Operator and contact | Operated by Shabloool. Corrections and requests: service@shabloool.co.il. | Privacy | 2026-10-28 |
Not to be confused with
Happy Flower Pot is a houseplant care site about window light and pet safety, not a gadget or flower-pot shop. It sells nothing.
- A shop selling flower pots, planters or plants: the site sells no products and ships nothing.
- A smart-garden or plant-gadget site: the articles about plant sensors and gadgets that lived on this domain until 2026 were removed and answer 410 Gone.
- A veterinary service: pet-safety facts are quoted from the ASPCA list; in an emergency the site points to a vet or the ASPCA Animal Poison Control Center.
How to write the name
Three words: Happy Flower Pot. The address is happyflowerpotnet.com (with "net" before the dot).
Where to start
- Window Light Planner: Your city, which way the window faces and how far back the plant sits: get the light it receives in every month of the year, and the plants that will grow there.
- Pet-safe plant checker: Look up a houseplant and see whether the ASPCA lists it as toxic to cats or dogs, what it contains and what symptoms to watch for.
- Light units converter: Convert lux, foot-candles, PPFD and DLI, and learn what each one means for a plant.
- All plants: the 74 plants with their cat, dog and light facts.
- Guides: longer answers with sources.
- llms.txt: the same facts as a short text file for AI tools.
Found something out of date? Write to service@shabloool.co.il.