Plant for bathroom low light
17 Best Bathroom Plants, How To Use and Choose, Low Light, No Light
There are lots of good reasons to have indoor plants, even plants in the bathroom.
They are beautiful, uplifting to look at and be around and they serve a practical purpose in keeping your home environment clean and healthy.
PinPlants perfect for the Bathroom – Phalaneopsis Orchid, ZZ Plant and DracaenaHouseplants improve the air quality in your home by cleaning the toxins from the air.
While it’s advisable to have indoor houseplants in every room, it is especially good to have them in the bathroom. Plants love the high humidity of the bathroom.
Even if your bathroom is dark and windowless, and even if you are a terrible plant keeper, you can have success by keeping the right plants in your bathroom.
Table Of Contents
- Can Plants Live Without Light In The Bathroom?
- Is It Expensive To Use Artificial Light?
- Managing Your Grow-Light
- Temperature and Humidity Levels
- What Are The Best Bathroom Plants To Choose?
- 9 Upright Plants For Windowless Bathroom
- #1 – Lucky Bamboo
- #2 – Ferns
- #3 Cast Iron Plant
- #4 – Chinese Evergreen
- #5 – Dieffenbachia
- #6 – Dracaena
- #7 – Philodendron
- #8 – Mother-In-Law Tongue | Snake Plant
- #9 – ZZ Plant
- #10 – Peperomia Plant aka The Radiator
- #11 – Calathea Burle Marxii
- 3 Trailing Tropical Houseplants
- Easy Care Tips Video
- 3 Lovely Flowering Plants For The Bathroom And No Light
- #1 – Begonias
- #2 – Orchids
- Easy-Care, Low-Light Succulents
- Placing Plants In Your Bathroom
- Green Your Bathroom
In this article, we will present the best plants for bathrooms that do well even in a low-light bathroom setting.
We will also provide advice on caring for and displaying your bathroom plants perfectly. Read on to learn how!
Can Plants Live Without Light In The Bathroom?
The short answer to this question is “No!” All plants must conduct photosynthesis (the transformation of light to energy) to survive and thrive.
However, some plants need less light than others to do this.
Therefore, success with good bathroom plants begins with choosing the right plants.
You can approach this process from several different perspectives.
- Choose a bathroom plant that will naturally tolerate low light. Understory plants hailing from rain forest settings do quite well in the high humidity, low light environment common to many bathrooms. Air plants (bromeliads) and some succulents can also do well in these circumstances.
- Use grow-light and/or overhead fluorescent lighting to add needed light to your bathroom and expand your choices.
- Rotate plants in and out of your bathroom to give them turns at a sunny window elsewhere.
- Buy cheap plants and simply toss them and replace them when they die from lack of light (this is especially cruel, and shame on you if you do this!)
- Throw your hands in the air and purchase silk or plastic plants. This is also a dreadful option as you will reap no air purifier benefits from having artificial plants in your home and the manufacture of these impostors is very bad for the environment in general.
Carefully choosing live plants and providing them with proper lighting as needed is the best way to go.
Luckily, there are lots of suitable plants to choose from. Under-story rainforest plants, bromeliads, epiphytes, and even some succulents do very well in low light and humid environments.
Is It Expensive To Use Artificial Light?
I have not found plants that do not need sunlight. Providing your bathroom houseplants with artificial plant grow lights is one of your options.
The lighting is affordable and can benefit you, as well as your plants.
You can replace the bulbs in your bathroom with full-spectrum bulbs for just a little more than you would pay for regular light bulbs.
Full-spectrum bulbs allow you to enjoy a better quality of natural light in your bathroom.
Exposure to full-spectrum lighting is a proven mood elevator and is prescribed as a treatment for Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) which causes wintertime depression.
Use these bulbs in your overhead light fixture.
You can also get full-spectrum CFL to grow light bulbs at a quite affordable cost. It’s not a good idea to put these bulbs in your overhead socket for a couple of reasons. First, flipping them on and off causes them to wear out quickly.
Second, it‘s best to have these bulbs close to your plants for superior results.
You can use these convenient bulbs in any lamp to place them close to your plants to provide bright light directly to the plant and create an attractive growing space for the plants in your bathroom.
Use these bulbs to provide natural, bright light to your plants.
Keeping a grow light bulb or two burning continuously is quite inexpensive (pennies a day) and the benefits you reap from having healthy plants thriving in your bathroom more than justifies the expense.
If your bathroom is truly windowless or very dark, keeping a source of full-spectrum light burning will also make the room more comfortable and inviting for you and your guests.
You may also be happy to know that almost all the plants that do well in a bathroom setting reproduce with rather wild abandon when well-kept.
If you take good care of your bathroom garden by giving it ample artificial light and the recommended occasional watering, you will be able to give your friends living plants on almost every gift-giving occasion! Think of the money you’ll save!
Managing Your Grow-Light
For bromeliads and epiphytes, overhead full-spectrum lighting left on for about 12 hours a day may be enough.
For plants with a greater need for light, place a grow light bulb in an attractive lamp or light fixture placed close to the plant and make your lighting part of the décor.
You can leave your grow-light burning continuously or set a timer like this Fitnate to limit it to 12 hours daily. Use of time will make management of your light automatic so you won’t have to be bothered with it.
Temperature and Humidity Levels
For your comfort, you probably keep the temperature in your bathroom fairly consistent. The general rule of thumb for most house plants is if you are comfortable your plant probably is too.
If your current habit is to keep your bathroom cold except when you plan to take a bath or shower, you’ll need to alter that if you want to keep plants happy.
Keeping a small heater running on a low-temperature setting (or programming your smart thermostat to keep your bathroom at a comfortable temperature) is beneficial to you and your plants.
Humidity levels in the bathroom naturally vary quite a bit. The humidity will rise quickly and briefly whenever you take a shower.
Luckily, this is very good for many tropical plants, bromeliads, and some succulents in terrariums.
In some instances, you may need to provide a little more humidity by misting your plants.
What Are The Best Bathroom Plants To Choose?
Choices in plants that will do well with low lighting, consistently comfortable temperature and reliable levels of humidity abound.
Here are some of the best choices in low light bathroom plants in succulents, bromeliads, epiphytes, and tropical plants to brighten your bathroom décor.
9 Upright Plants For Windowless Bathroom
#1 – Lucky Bamboo
PinAn inexpensive and easy to find at garden centers, grocery stores, dollar stores, convenience stores, car washes and gas stations, and many other venues. It is easy to grow and enjoys a low-light setting.
You don’t even need a potting mix to grow the lucky bamboo plant – Dracaena sanderiana.
Just purchase a few shoots, take it home, and pop it into a container of pebbles or marbles and filtered water (or water that has been allowed to sit out overnight to allow chemicals to dissipate).
Change the water weekly to prevent mold growth.
This type of plant grows very quickly, but you can keep it the size you want by trimming it regularly or by placing it in an area that hampers its growth. For example, you might put a shelf above it.
#2 – Ferns
True ferns such as Bird’s Nest Fern (Asplenium), Boston fern (Nephrolepis exaltata) and Staghorn ferns do very well in low-light bathroom settings.
Another is the “asparagus foxtail fern” not a true fern but its look has earned it the name. They like indirect, natural light so a bathroom window is desirable but a full spectrum grows light will also work.
Ferns make great shower plants. A fern loves humidity from your showers, but they also need regular watering and misting.
Remember to check the soil and keep it lightly moist (not soggy) at all times.
#3 Cast Iron Plant
Aspidistra elatior – the cast iron plant is an excellent choice if you are a notorious plant killer.
This plant likes a low light setting and can tolerate a neglected watering schedule aka those who forget to water.
It can tolerate extremes of temperature (50° to 85° degrees Fahrenheit). Naturally, as with all living things, a consistent temperature is appreciated.
PinTo take good care of aspidistra, place it in an area with indirect sunlight and water it thoroughly when the soil becomes bone dry.
Wipe the long, spear-like leaves with a damp cloth from time to time to keep them dust-free. If your bathroom is windowless, provide artificial light.
The Aspidistra plant is attractive and comes in both dwarf (18 inches) and full-size (2′ – 3′ feet high) varieties. Leaves may be dark green, yellow striped, or dotted with yellow.
#4 – Chinese Evergreen
PinThe Aglaonema is a lush, leafy plant with large leaves variegated with white or pink markings.
You will often see this plant in a mall or office setting because it is tough and beautiful and it loves a controlled indoor environment.
It is a tropical plant, and your bathroom is the perfect place for it!
#5 – Dieffenbachia
The “Dumb Cane” is similar in appearance to Chinese Evergreen and Aspidistra plants, but it is much bigger.
Its leaves can grow to be a foot long or more.
The lighting needs in Dieffenbachia care provide artificial light and/or bright indirect light to thrive. It needs protection from direct sunlight. It also likes high humidity and consistently moist well-drained soil.
If you have the unusual circumstance of having a large, windowless bathroom and you want to create the illusion of a well-lit, tropical setting, this plant will do well for you.
Pin#6 – Dracaena
The “Dragon Plant” comes in more than forty varieties. Its long, spear-like leaves range in width from very fine and thin to a couple of inches wide.
Available in solid green, greenish-maroon, and variegated colorations. The leaves emerge from relatively thick, trunk-like stems.
This plant is a real workhorse as an air-purifying plant for bathrooms. It prefers artificial light to natural light and will scorch in bright sunlight.
This low-care plant does very well with just the high humidity levels you would expect to find in a bathroom.
One of the plants that don’t need light variety, in particular, to consider as a “low or no light plant” is the dark green Dracaena Janet Crag “Compacta.”
#7 – Philodendron
The “philo” comes in many shapes and sizes. Large and small, medium-light, low care tropical plants with glossy green, variegated, and even maroon-colored leaves.
The split-leaf variety is sometimes known as Monstera. Heartleaf philodendron with its heart-shaped leaf is a long-time, popular favorite.
All types of philodendron prefer consistent, moderate lighting, so artificial lighting is the best choice.
They also need a consistently warm temperature, so plan to keep your bathroom between 75° to 85° degrees Fahrenheit.
#8 – Mother-In-Law Tongue | Snake Plant
PinSansevieria (aka: Snake Plant or Viper’s Bowstring Hemp) is a very familiar standby.
The snake plant is a tough customer that grows in tall, upright, rigid spears of dark green with darker green striping and white or yellow edges.
The snake plant is a NASA star in terms of an air purifier, and it tolerates all manner of abuse.
The snake plant will do well in light levels ranging from low to bright indirect lighting. It will also do very well with fluorescent or grow lights.
It is fine in most humidity levels and needs infrequent watering. A favorite plant for bathroom settings. The Birds Nest Snake Plant is perfect for the bathroom.
#9 – ZZ Plant
Zamioculcas zamiifolia – Known also as the Eternity Plant or ZEE ZEE Plant – is a sturdy South African plant that can tolerate a wide variety of conditions.
The ZZ plant does not like direct sunlight or very deep shade, but if you can provide any level of indirect light or artificial light, it will be happy.
ZZ is a drought-tolerant plant, but it will do best if you water it thoroughly when the top inch of the soil becomes dry.
If you do forget and it begins to drop leaves, give it a good watering, and it is sure to bounce back.
ZZ has thick, glossy, dark green leaves that grow on long fronds. It is a very attractive plant that attains a maximum height of two feet.
#10 – Peperomia Plant aka The Radiator
There are over 1,000 species, types, and varieties of Peperomia and they have been a popular small houseplant for decades.
With all the species available only a handful are grown commercially.
One of the most popular species with many sports and cultivars is Peperomia obtusifolia sometimes called the baby rubber plant. Peperomias make nice additions to a bathroom.
Peperomia care is easy. They like humidity, withstand lower light levels and don’t like over-watering. You’ll find many small varieties perfect for bathroom use.
All but one of these choices in upright, low-light plants are practically indestructible. Ferns can be a bit delicate, so if you want a truly carefree plant, you may wish to avoid them.
#11 – Calathea Burle Marxii
Calathea plants display long, broad, pointed leaves and are highly colored.
They make wonderful centerpieces and even the underside of the leaves is interesting.
One variety well suited for bathroom culture is Calathea (Stromanthe amabilis) Burle Marxii. A low grower and perfect in small pots.
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3 Trailing Tropical Houseplants
#1 Ivy of all types do an incredible job of air purification. In fact, NASA rated ivies among the top plants for helping keep ambient air free of bacteria and mold.
The English Ivy plant with its many leaf forms and the durable grape ivy (Cissus) are two of the hardiest and most common types of ivies grown as a houseplant.
Many different types of ivy do very well in hanging baskets or trailing from a high shelf or windowsill in a bathroom setting.
The choices in leaf shapes, shades, and coloration are nearly endless. These plants do well with moderate natural light or with artificial light.
#2 – Spider Plant (Chlorophytum comosum) also gets a high score from NASA when it comes to cleaning the air.
The sturdy, attractive little spider plant has been found to remove formaldehyde from the ambient air.
Spider plants are available in both an attractive solid green and a light green color with yellow stripes.
Their leaves are long and spear-shaped, and they send out runners upon which a baby spider plant grows if the plant is getting enough light.
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PinSpider plants can do well in bathroom lighting; however, they will not send out runners with too little light. To thrive, moderate to bright indirect light levels are preferable.
This plant will do well at normal bathroom humidity levels. Water thoroughly when the top one inch of soil feels dry.
#3 – Pothos Plant (aka: Devil Ivy or Epipremnum aureum) is a familiar, ivy-like plant available in a variety of leaf colors from bright, solid green to attractively variegated yellow and green.
This rugged plant grows quickly and abundantly from cuttings, and everyone has seen it growing in schoolrooms, on kitchen windowsills, and in other humble settings.
The bathroom is the ideal setting for Pothos. It loves low filtered light, ample humidity, and a relatively stable temperature.
It can be pruned to make a bushy plant or hung in a basket or set on a high shelf for a rampant, trailing effect.
All of these trailing plants come in several varieties making it very easy to choose just the right size and appearance to suit your setting. [source]
Easy Care Tips Video
Although the five plants shown in this charming video are not billed as plants for the bathroom, they do all appear on our lists.
Video: Collection of Easy & Low Maintenance Houseplants
3 Lovely Flowering Plants For The Bathroom And No Light
#1 – Begonias
The Begonia are indoor plants that need no light and make a perfect choice for a windowless bathroom because they prefer fluorescent or full-spectrum artificial light to natural light.
They also like ample humidity and may require misting, even when kept in a bathroom. [source]
These lovely, showy plants come in a wide variety of blossom colors and types. Their fleshy, semi-succulent leaves are also attractive and come in several shapes, sizes, and shades.
Related Reading: Growing Begonias For Hanging Baskets
#2 – Orchids
Orchids are great plants that require no sun and are inarguably elegant and shockingly easy to care for.
If you have been wondering “Where should I put my orchid?” look no further than your bathroom.
Orchids like high humidity, indirect sunlight, or artificial light. They need protection from bright, direct sunlight.
Because they appreciate higher humidity levels, these compact beauties are a perfect choice besides your sink or on the side of your tub. Keeping phalaenopsis orchids in a bathroom is easy.
Video: How to Grow Orchids Indoors
#3 Peace Lily Spathiphyllum
The Peace Lily plant is another very beautiful and elegant-looking plant that sports glossy leaves and lovely white blooms.
This plant is also a top NASA pick in terms of filtering out chemicals (i.e. formaldehyde, trichloroethylene, benzene) in the environment.
Peace lilies make good plants for bathrooms and are relatively large, so they make good candidates for floor planters.
The peace lily likes indirect sunlight or artificial light. Daily misting is recommended.
These are by no means the only flowering plants available for a small, low-light bathroom setting. Many of the other choices also produce flowers. The peace lily is just one of three of the most flamboyant. [source]
Air Plants: Tillandsias, Bromeliads, and Epiphytes
Epiphytic plants are also good low-care candidates for a humid bathroom setting with low-to-moderate lighting.
These types of plants (Tillandsia “air plants”) do not need soil to thrive. In nature, they attach themselves to trees via very shallow roots and glean all their moisture and nourishment from the surrounding air. [source]
For this reason, they do need ample humidity and/or daily misting.
Orchids and Staghorn Ferns are epiphytes. Other examples include Spanish Moss and jungle cactus, such as Mistletoe Cactus (Rhipsalis) which does very well kept in a terrarium setting.
Drunkard’s Bones (Hatiora salicornioides) is related to Mistletoe Cactus and is also a good candidate for a countertop terrarium or hanging like this, ventilated glass globe.
This compact plant provides a great deal of visual interest.
Most bromeliad plants and epiphytes are compact (except Spanish moss, which tends to trail and drape enthusiastically).
Small bromeliad plants can be used in a wide variety of artistic ways in a bathroom setting. They are very good for wall-mounted frames or open, hanging terrariums.
There are thousands of species of bromeliad (air plant) and epiphytes, and most would be good candidates for a small windowless bathroom equipped with fluorescent lights, full-spectrum lights, and/or grow lights.
PinThese equatorial plants are happy with about 12 hours of filtered light daily and a consistent temperatures of about 65° degrees Fahrenheit.
Try making a bromeliad garden for long-term, easy-care color all year round.
Easy-Care, Low-Light Succulents
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#1 – Aloe plants are an excellent plant to have in any home.
It is attractive, useful and Aloe plant care is easy.
The gel contained in its spears possesses tremendous healing qualities and can be used as a salve on bug bites, minor cuts and bruises, sunburn, and more.
There are several different varieties of the Aloe plant, so you can create a varied display using aloe exclusively. All varieties do well in low lighting that provides a consistent temperature but prefer bright light.
Aloe’s water needs are so low that it may do well just getting its water from the humidity in the air. Keep an eye on it, though. If it begins to look withered, give it a drink.
#2 – Haworthia is a South African genus of low-light succulent plants that contains over seventy species.
Most of these plants are compact and easy to grow in a low-light setting. They require little water and are ideal candidates for terrarium growth in a humid environment with limited space.
Like aloe plants, Haworthia succulents may do well simply gleaning their water from the humid condition of bathroom air.
The choices in both aloes and haworthia are many and varied. You may wish to make a focused collection of these two types of carefree, low-light succulent plants.
Even if you just stick to these specific types, your collection can be incredibly complex and interesting. [source]
Placing Plants In Your Bathroom
How you position plants in your bathroom depending on the layout of the room. If you have a window, it’s good to locate your plants near it or on the windowsill.
If not, other good places include tub-side, on the countertop beside the sink, and on the toilet tank.
If you are into Feng Shui for the bathroom and toilet, you know that placing a plant on the toilet tank is advisable.
Additionally, setting up a plant corner in the left corner of the room as you enter is recommended.
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Plants (especially Lucky Bamboo) on the back of the toilet and strategically placed in a “money corner” are believed to attract wealth and prevent squandered resources and loss of money.
If you are strapped for space, hanging plants are always nice. This is especially true if you have a skylight. It is also possible to mount plants in a wall frame to save space and create a stunning visual effect.
Green Your Bathroom
Even a tiny, dark bathroom that is little more than a “water closet” can become attractive, inviting, and healthier by adding living plants. While plants do require light to live, there are many plants that actually do well in lower filtered light or artificial light.
Refer to the information presented here to select the right plants for your bathroom environment and set them up in an attractive and healthy home where they can thrive.
10 Best Plants for a Bathroom With No Light
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If you're lucky enough to have a luxurious, bright bathroom that allows you to apply your skincare routine in amazing natural light, then that's great.
However, many homes and city apartments feature small bathrooms with tiny windows that barely let any light in—or that have no windows at all.
If you're dreaming of that spa bathroom feeling, but you have a bathroom with low light or even no light, does that mean you have to give up on your dream of a plant-filled shower? "No light is not an option for plants," The Houseplant Guru's Lisa Eldred Steinkopf says.
At the end of the day, plants need water and light to live, so if you have a windowless bathroom but really want it to house plants, you'll have to get creative.
Add Grow Lights
Plants need light to live, so if your bathroom is windowless or has extremely low light, consider adding grow lights to your space. These will help your plant thrive (not just survive) in your space.
Consider Faux Plants or Dried Flowers
If you have absolutely no light in your bathroom and don't want to add grow lights, you will want to add faux plants to your space.
Faux plants look like real plants, don't require water or light, and are impossible to kill. Dried flowers or plants, such as dried eucalyptus, also do well in the bathroom to create a spa-like atmosphere without asking anything of you in return.
Switch Out Your Plants
If you don't have enough light in your bathroom for a plant to survive, you could also consider rotating a few low-light plants between your bathroom and another room that does receive light. This way, your plant is getting the light it needs to survive, and you're also getting to enjoy it in your windowless bathroom.
However, if you have a bathroom with a small window, you have a few more options. "When choosing a plant for a low light situation in a bathroom, make sure it likes high humidity," Steinkopf says.
Your bathroom will create a humid atmosphere, which some plants will love, while others... not so much. "Though there are plants that like high humidity, they may not like low light.
Air plants are an example: They would love the high humidity but need a bright to high light to thrive," she adds.
Read on for 10 plants that would thrive in a low-light bathroom.
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ZZ Plants (Zamioculcas zamiifolia), also known as aroid palms, are notoriously easy to care for, as they can tolerate low light and prefer to dry out in between waterings. These tropical perennials would be fine in any shady spot in your space, including your bathroom.
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Another easy-to-care-for houseplant, Pothos (Epipremnum aureum), also known as Devil's Ivy, can thrive in a variety of different environments, including low-light spaces. Pothos plants love humidity, so a bathroom is a great place for them to showcase their long, cascading vines.
How to Grow Pothos Plant (Devil’s Ivy)
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Black & Blooms
The heartleaf philodendron (Philodendron hederaceum) is sometimes confused with Pothos, but its truly heart-shaped leaves are the marker of this plant.
This classic variety of philodendron would love to hang from a ceiling or shelf in your bathroom, or in most parts of your home with low to medium light.
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Any dark leaf ivy such as English Ivy (Hedera helix) would do well in a low-light bathroom because, in general, dark leaf ivy loves humidity and will grow and multiply in many different atmospheres, including full shade. So your bathroom with a small window will still provide enough light for English Ivy to grow.
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Ferns love a good shady spot and thrive in humid atmospheres. Whether a shaded porch in the South or a humid, lowly lit bathroom, a Boston fern (Nephrolepis exaltata) would be happy in either.
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Want something more than a green vining plant in your bathroom? Would you rather have a little color in your tiny spa? Try aglaonema (Aglaonema commutatum), also known as the Chinese evergreen.
This plant's bright colors and bold patterns will bring so much life to your space that you'll forget you only have a small window.
How to Grow and Care for Aglaonema (Chinese Evergreen)
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Dieffenbachia, also known as dumb cane plant, is toxic if ingested and can cause temporary speechlessness, which is how it got its name. However, as long as you don't ingest it, you can enjoy this lush, leafy plant that loves moist, steamy environments—like your bathroom.
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Calatheas are a part of the Marantaceae family, also known as the Prayer Plant family. These plants got their nickname because their leaves turn up at night, as if in prayer, while they remain open during the day. Calatheas love humidity, so they will be more than happy in your bathroom.
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The Peace Lily (Spathiphyllum) is a common but beautiful air-purifying houseplant.
What appears to be a white flower protruding from its voluptuous leaves is actually a thick spathe (a spike housing lots of tiny flowers) that aids in air purification.
How to Grow Peace Lilies
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The cast-iron plant (Aspidistra elatior) is one of the most indestructible houseplants you can own. It can thrive in very, very low light and is drought tolerant, as well, so if your low light bathroom is causing a problem for your other plants, the Cast Iron Plant can withstand it.
If you have a bathroom with no light, remember to add grow lights or rotate your plants into another room that does receive natural light. However, if you have a bathroom with a small window or one that doesn't get a lot of natural light, don't fear—you still have many options for your low-light, high humidity space.
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Consider what plants you can place in your bathroom .
It's no secret that plants enliven our interior and act on us in a relaxing way. The bathroom is just the place where you can relax and unwind. It is often believed that the bathroom is not suitable for placing plants, as there is not enough lighting in it.
But this is not entirely true. nine0005 For bathroom , plants are suitable, which do not require much light and tolerate high humidity. These are tropical plants . They tolerate shade, high humidity and temperature changes. Plants with a solid dark green color are best suited. Plants with variegated leaves lose their brightness when there is a lack of light.
But if your bathroom has no windows at all, artificial lighting should be installed. Since even an unpretentious plant will not be able to survive in complete darkness. For such lighting, fluorescent fluorescent lamps or special phytolamps are suitable. nine0003
Bathroom Plants Aloe Vera
Aloe Vera thrives in low light, hardy and very hardy. In addition, aloe vera is a medicinal plant. It can be used as a healing agent for scratches and burns.
BambooBamboo can grow in any light and even without soil! Place the bamboo root in a container of pebbles and fill halfway with water, adding more water from time to time. nine0003 Orchid
Orchid is beautiful and picky. But you need to place the orchid in the bathroom on the windowsill, as it cannot live without sunlight. Therefore, if your bathroom has no windows at all, then the orchid will not suit you.
Dracaena often suffers from lack of moisture. Therefore, the humid atmosphere of the bathroom will only benefit her.
FernFern is perfect for the bathroom. After all, the natural conditions for the growth of ferns are very similar to the conditions in the bathroom. nine0003 Sansevieria
Sansevieria also does well in low light conditions. And besides, this plant filters out formaldehyde, which is part of cleaning products.
SpathiphyllumSpathiphyllum thrives in minimal sunlight and high humidity. This plant purifies the air from household impurities.
AspidistraAspidistra adapts to different lighting conditions. But if the bathroom has a window, then it is better to place it away from the window. nine0003 Plectranthus (Swedish Ivy)
Plectranthus (Swedish Ivy) is perfect for growing in the bathroom.
Livistona is a palm plant from tropical and subtropical rainforests. Therefore, they are unpretentious to light and tolerate high humidity well.
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It's no secret that plants enliven our interior and act on us in a relaxing way. The bathroom is just the place where you can relax and unwind. It is often believed that the bathroom is not suitable for placing plants, as there is not enough lighting in it.
But this is not entirely true. For the bathroom , plants are suitable, which do not require much light and tolerate high humidity. These are tropical plants . They tolerate shade, high humidity and temperature changes. Plants with a solid dark green color are best suited. Plants with variegated leaves lose their brightness when there is a lack of light.
But if your bathroom has no windows at all, artificial lighting should be installed. Since even an unpretentious plant will not be able to survive in complete darkness. For such lighting, fluorescent fluorescent lamps or special phytolamps are suitable. nine0003
Bathroom Plants Aloe Vera
Aloe Vera thrives in low light, hardy and very hardy. In addition, aloe vera is a medicinal plant. It can be used as a healing agent for scratches and burns.
BambooBamboo can grow in any light and even without soil! Place the bamboo root in a container of pebbles and fill halfway with water, adding more water from time to time. nine0003 Orchid
Orchid is beautiful and picky. But you need to place the orchid in the bathroom on the windowsill, as it cannot live without sunlight. Therefore, if your bathroom has no windows at all, then the orchid will not suit you.
Dracaena often suffers from lack of moisture. Therefore, the humid atmosphere of the bathroom will only benefit her.
FernFern is perfect for the bathroom. After all, the natural conditions for the growth of ferns are very similar to the conditions in the bathroom. nine0003 Sansevieria
Sansevieria also does well in low light conditions. And besides, this plant filters out formaldehyde, which is part of cleaning products.
SpathiphyllumSpathiphyllum thrives in minimal sunlight and high humidity. This plant purifies the air from household impurities.
AspidistraAspidistra adapts to different lighting conditions. But if the bathroom has a window, then it is better to place it away from the window. nine0003 Plectranthus (Swedish Ivy)
Plectranthus (Swedish Ivy) is perfect for growing in the bathroom.
Livistona is a palm plant from tropical and subtropical rainforests. Therefore, they are unpretentious to light and tolerate high humidity well.
Examples of plants in the bathroom
Which plants are suitable for the bathroom? 14 plants will grow comfortably
nine0178 19.08.2021
The bathroom is a special place in the house for many, where you can not only wash your face, but also be alone with your thoughts. This will help decorate the interior of the bathroom with plants, which has become a fashionable trend. In order for such landscaping to be successful, certain rules must be followed and suitable plants must be selected.
General recommendations and principles.
Among the special conditions plants face in the bathroom are lack of light, high humidity and high temperatures. It may seem that such conditions are detrimental to the plant - this is true, but only in part.
There are many plants for which such conditions will be favorable. These plants include those whose natural environment is the subtropics. They tolerate low light without any problems and are supportive of high humidity. nine0003
Placement of plants in the bathroom depends on the area of the room, the availability of plumbing, shower, drying area, washing machine. Most often, there is little free space left.
- Consider plant size. After a year, the allotted space may become small.
- Use the free vertical space of the walls - shelves, racks or hang planters.
- Set aside space on the floor for large and heavy pots.
- A pot with bushy plants can be successfully placed on the pedestal. nine0192
- Placement of plants in the mirror area will be a winning design option.
- Keep pots away from aisles, washing machines, towel warmers and heating pipes.
- If you use hairspray in the bathroom, periodically wipe the leaves of the plants with a damp cloth.
Follow the same procedure from soap drops on the leaves.
Lighting for plants in the bathroom
The presence of light is one of the main conditions for the normal growth of plants. Bathrooms in private houses often have windows, while in apartments, their presence is very unlikely. nine0003
Bathroom with window
In this case, plant selection will be easier. The list of plants that enjoy high humidity and natural light is endless. It can be not only deciduous, but also flowering plants.
- If there is a window sill, put on it those plants that love the sun's rays: tillandsia, calathea, anthurium.
- If the window in the bathroom faces north or west, then give preference to shade-loving plants: palm trees, monsteras, ferns, ivy and others. nine0192
- Ventilation is good, but try to avoid drafts. Good ventilation is essential to prevent the growth and development of mold and mildew.
Bathroom without a window
If there is no window in the bathroom, you need to provide sufficient artificial lighting.
Plants absorb wavelengths in different ranges of the spectrum. Incandescent lamps do not emit waves of the desired range and therefore are not suitable for artificial lighting of plants. nine0003
But don't worry. There are enough suitable lamps on sale: LED lamps, fluorescent lamps, natural light lamps. In addition to being suitable for plant growth, they are economical enough that you don't have to worry too much about rising electricity bills.
The variety of shapes of modern LED lamps also makes it possible to implement design solutions along with the main task.
Phytolamps are also used for plants. Their spectrum is suitable for plant growth, but undesirable for human vision. When using lamps of this type, carefully study the recommendations of the manufacturer. nine0003
General rules for organizing artificial lighting
Normal plant growth requires 8-9 hours of continuous lighting per day. When organizing such lighting, the following things must be taken into account:
- plants are drawn to the light source.
Therefore, place the lamps above them; - will be a plus if the lighting is arranged “on schedule”, at the same time.
- Move plants to sunlight if possible. nine0205
- love warmth and moisture;
- can grow in low light;
- fit into the interior and the limited size of the room.
Choice of pots for plants
There are no special requirements for pots for the bathroom, so choose a pot directly for the plant and interior design. I would like to note that when placing plants on racks, give preference to plastic pots or boxes, given that they can fall.
Watering and soil for plants in the bathroom.
Due to the high humidity in the bathroom, plants often need moderate watering. Avoid stagnant soil moisture. For the soil, you can use a universal long-acting fertilizer in granules. nine0003
Which plants are suitable for the bathroom?
So, the following plants are suitable for the bathroom:
Zamioculcas
Zamioculcas zamiifolia is known as an everlasting plant.
It is also called the dollar tree. A very unpretentious plant that tolerates both the sun's rays and the lack of water. When using a wide pot, the root system develops first, and the aerial part slows down its growth. nine0003
Spathiphyllum
People call spathiphyllum Woman's happiness. This plant loves moisture and shade. By its leaves, it is quite easy to determine when it lacks light - they become small and elongated. The plant does not have a stem, its leaves grow straight out of the ground, and the flowers are very bright on a tall shoot. Long blooming is pleasing to the eye, easy care makes it practical, and the ability to purify the air also makes it a useful plant in the home and bathroom.
Aspidistra
Suitable for a bathroom without a window as it is a shade plant. Aspidistra is also calm about high humidity and temperature changes. This flower will be comfortable in your bathroom.
Dracaena sander
Or as it is also called - indoor bamboo or good luck bamboo.
It grows quite quickly, so you need to take care of the space in advance. It can be grown both in a pot with soil and in a container with water. A very stylish plant with which you can decorate the interior of the bathroom. nine0003
Sansevieria
Pike tail or mother-in-law's tongue - as it is sometimes called. It belongs to succulents and therefore it needs moderate watering. Can go a long time without water. The plant does not require special care. It has the beneficial property of purifying the air. In addition to absorbing carbon dioxide, sansevieria also absorbs a number of toxic substances from the air.
Chlorophytum
Another plant that actively purifies the air. In Soviet times, it could be found in almost every apartment. When placing chlorophytum in the bathroom, you can use a higher shelf or hang it in a planter. Its lush multi-tiered cascades will look great in the bathroom. nine0003
Calathea
The plant has large variegated leaves with veins.
Native to South America. He loves humid air, which is just typical for bathrooms. In addition, Calathea loves warmth, and low temperatures are fatal for her. Calathea also loves to be watered from the shower, except for those species that have velvety leaves.
Philodendron
Evergreen with large leaves on long fleshy stems. He loves high humidity and loves washing the leaves with water. When placed in a bathroom with a window, avoid direct sunlight on the philodendron - this plant loves diffused light. For the bathroom, climbing Philodendron is perfect, which can be placed in a hanging planter. nine0003
Ivy
An ampelous plant suitable for vertical bathroom gardening. Place it on a shelf or in a hanging planter. Ivy loves moist air and does not suffer from a lack of light. It grows on any type of soil and has a positive attitude towards periodic top dressing with fertilizer.
Nephrolepis
More often it is called a fern, to the genus of which it belongs.
In addition to the spectacular appearance, nephrolepis cleans the air well. During the dormant period, which runs from October to February, it does not like high temperatures and it is better to take it out of the bathroom. When placing a fern, keep in mind that the plant loves diffused light and long daylight hours. nine0003
Monstera
Suitable for large bathrooms. The plant belongs to the vines, has large carved leaves. Monstera does not like direct sunlight. A spacious pot is suitable for placement, and when growing, use a pole to support the plant. With this method, the leaves will be located along the wall. Monstera loves humidity, but not overflowing, especially in the cold season.
Cyperus
This plant loves moisture very much. In nature, it grows in swampy areas. The root system must be constantly moistened. Cyperus loves shade and warmth. With artificial lighting for the plant, it is necessary to increase the duration of daylight hours to 15 hours.
