Looking for a beautiful bathroom plant that will survive the humidity and light conditions of your bathroom?
Here’s a complete list of the best bathroom plants that will do just that. So now you can decorate every area of your apartment – even your shower!
What is a bathroom plant?
Bathroom plants are plants that are suited to handle the steam from a hot shower and the gentle glow of a bathroom’s soft lighting. Many of these plants are lush and vibrant green plants such as a Boston fern or peace lily. These plants are hardy and the perfect choice for adding a splash of greenery to your space, creating a calming spa like retreat in the comfort of your bathroom!
What are the benefits of a bathroom plant?
There are a wide range of benefits from having bathroom plants, including both aesthetic and practical aspects.
Read the list below of the best plants you can keep in your bathroom and shower!
Eucalyptus
Eucalyptus is one of the best plants you hang in your shower! It releases its essential oils with the steam of the shower, so you can breathe in the fresh scent. The other benefits it provides are sinus congestion, stress relief, energy boosts, and even pain reduction.
To hang this in your shower, buy a few branches of fresh or dried eucalyptus branches and bundle them together using a rubber band. You can get eucalyptus from a flower shop or even your backyard eucalyptus tree! Take a hook or string and tie or hang them underneath your shower head. Make sure they are positioned so that the eucalyptus is not directly under the water but right under the stream. This can last for up to three weeks before needing to be replaced!
Peace Lily
These plants thrive in a more humid environment and need fairly low levels of sunlight, making them a great bathroom plant. If you are looking for a flowering plant in your bathroom, this is a great option! Their bright white flowers don’t need much sunlight to bloom! Just water them about once a week when the topsoil feels dry. If you are having trouble getting this plant to flower, try setting near a window for some sun to help bring these flowers to life!
Pothos
Pothos plants are a great vining plant for a bathroom. The bright green leaves and vining foliage makes them a gorgeous windowsill plant or hanging basket! They like moderate water, once the topsoil feels dry it needs watered again. They are perfect plants for the humid environment of a bathroom and need only indirect light! Pothos plants are very low maintenance and tolerate irregular watering, so it makes for a great plant for beginners!
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Air Plant (Tillandsia)
If you are looking for a smaller option, these little plants that sit on the windowsill of your bathroom are a great option. Air plants are also referred to as illandsia genus, but there are multiple different types of air plants you can own!
The best part about these plants is that they don’t need soil to survive and are fairly low maintenance. If you are looking for a plant that won’t leave behind any dirt in your bathroom, they are perfect! They thrive in a humid environment and only need bright indirect light. To water, soak your air plant in a bowl of distilled water for about 30 minutes every one to two weeks. An easy tip is to drop them in your bowl of water right before getting in the shower and take them out and sit them back on your windowsill when you are done! Some air plants prefer to be misted regularly with a spray bottle, so make sure to research your specific air plant so you know the correct way to water them.
Lucky Bamboo
Lucky bamboo is known to bring luck into a household according to old Chinese culture. Its twirling green and yellow striped stalks are an attention grabber and add an intricate design into your space. This plant is easy to grow and low maintenance to maintain. Bamboo needs low indict sunlight and can survive in well-drained soil or a base of pebbles in an inch of distilled water. For plants placed in pebbles, simply drain and refill the inch of water in the bottom once a week.
Having a varying number of stalks can mean different things. For example, having two stalks represents love and having three stalks represents happiness, wealth, and a long life. These Chinese meanings make this plant a fun personalized housewarming gift as well.
String of Pearls
This plant is a beautiful succulent with a long string of beads that spill down over the plant. They are said to be a natural air purifier with antimicrobial properties. String of pearls will thrive in the windowsill of your bathroom where bright light can come in. Make sure you are not overwatering this plant, as it has a shallow root system and will die if waterlogged. This plant would do best in an area of bright light such as a bathroom with large windows that doesn’t get too steamy!
Spider Plant
Spider plants have long spiky green leaves that wisp out in all directions, giving them a voluminous and almost erratic look! They look great as a hanging plant due to the long foliage of their stems. Their ability to survive in warm climates makes them an extremely durable plant for your bathroom, thriving in warm and humid conditions. Water this plant fairly often so the soil is moist but not soggy, usually a little more than once per week.
Boston Fern
Ferns are one of the most popular houseplants to own and thrive in a humid and moist environment. They need consistent water (when the topsoil is dry or about once a week) and should have their leaves sprayed with a spray bottle once a day. Steam from your shower is another great way for the leaves to get wet if you don’t have the ambition to mist the leaves with a spray bottle! Put your fern in a place in your bathroom with indirect sunlight.
Check out this “stag horn” fern, which is another popular fern for bathrooms. Stag horns are a type of epiphytic plants, meaning they grow on the sides of plants and trees. They are often displayed mounted on the wall using driftwood or moss! Similar to the Boston Fern mentioned above, this fern likes a warm humid environment and indirect sunlight.
Orchid
Orchids are known to be fairly temperamental and might be a difficult plant to keep alive for a plant beginner. But if you can keep this plant happy, it makes beautiful flowers for many months of the year! These flowers bloom best when the plant is placed in a windowsill to get light but can survive in low and indirect lighted spaces. Orchids like to dry out a little before watering again, once the top few inches feel dry or about once a week.