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34 Best Indoor Plants for Bathrooms

Select the best houseplant to elevate your bathroom into a lush, green retreat.

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Bathrooms offer a unique environment for indoor plants, characterized by higher humidity and often lower light levels compared to other parts of the home. This makes them perfect for tropical plants that thrive in moist, warm conditions. Adding plants to your bathroom not only purifies the air but also transforms the space into a more lush and relaxing retreat.

What is Specific to Bathrooms for Indoor Plants?

Bathrooms typically have specific conditions that can greatly benefit certain indoor plants:

Higher Humidity: The steam from showers and baths increases the humidity, mimicking the natural habitat of many tropical plants.

Variable Light Levels: Depending on the bathroom’s window size and direction, light levels can range from low to bright indirect light. Some bathrooms may only offer artificial light.

Warmth: Bathrooms often maintain a warmer temperature, especially when frequently used for showers and baths, creating a cozy environment for warmth-loving plants.

Best Indoor Plants for Your Bathroom

How to Grow and Care for Indoor Plants in Bathrooms

Growing and caring for indoor plants in bathrooms offers a unique opportunity to enhance these intimate spaces with vibrant greenery, leveraging the higher humidity and often indirect lighting conditions. Here’s how to make the most of your bathroom’s environment for indoor plants:

Choosing the Right Plants

Select plants that thrive in high humidity and can tolerate the specific light conditions of your bathroom, whether it’s low light, medium, or bright, indirect light. Ferns, pothos, and peace lilies are excellent choices for typical bathroom environments.

Lighting

  • Assess the Natural Light: Determine the amount of natural light your bathroom receives through windows or skylights. This will guide your plant selection.
  • Supplemental Lighting: If natural light is scarce, consider using grow lights to provide the necessary spectrum of light for plant growth.

Humidity

  • Most bathroom plants benefit from the high humidity, mimicking their native tropical environments. However, ensure adequate ventilation to prevent excess moisture from encouraging fungal growth.

Watering

  • The high humidity may reduce the need for frequent watering. Check the soil moisture level before watering to avoid overwatering.
  • Use tepid water to avoid shocking the plants, and ensure pots have drainage holes to prevent water from pooling at the bottom.

Temperature

  • Ensure your bathroom maintains a consistent temperature that aligns with the needs of your chosen plants. Avoid placing plants in direct line of cold drafts or excessive heat.

Fertilization

  • Feed your plants with a balanced, water-soluble fertilizer, but do so sparingly. The lower light conditions of most bathrooms mean plants will grow more slowly, requiring less frequent feeding.

Maintenance

Discover These Helpful Guides for Further Reading

While every effort has been made to describe these plants accurately, please keep in mind that height, bloom time, and color may differ in various climates. The description of these plants has been written based on numerous outside resources.

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