Best plants

16 best bathroom plants

A bathroom is humid and usually dim — perfect for some plants, fatal for sun-lovers. These species want both the higher humidity and the lower light a bathroom provides, so they thrive where a cactus would rot.

How this list is built: houseplants whose documented ideal humidity is 50% or higher AND that need no direct sun — the combination a typical bathroom actually offers— filtered from Growli's structured plant-care library, not hand-picked, so it stays consistent and checkable.

Plant	Light	Water	Pets
African violet temp & humidity · pet safety	Medium indirect light (a couple of metres from a window)	When the top of the soil feels just dry, every 5-7 days	Pet-safe
Boston fern temp & humidity · pet safety	Medium indirect light (a couple of metres from a window)	When the top 1 cm of soil is just dry, every 3-5 days	Pet-safe
Calathea temp & humidity · pet safety	Medium indirect light (a couple of metres from a window)	When the top 1-2 cm of soil is just dry, every 4-7 days	Pet-safe
Crocodile fern temp & humidity · pet safety	Medium indirect light (a couple of metres from a window)	When the top 1-2 cm of soil is dry, every 4-7 days	Pet-safe
Dieffenbachia temp & humidity · pet safety	Medium indirect light (a couple of metres from a window)	When the top 3 cm of soil is dry, every 7-10 days	Toxic to pets
Fittonia temp & humidity · pet safety	Medium indirect light (a couple of metres from a window)	When the top 1 cm of soil is dry, every 3-5 days	Pet-safe
Impatiens temp & humidity · pet safety	Medium indirect light (a couple of metres from a window)	Twice-weekly watering	Pet-safe
Kimberly queen fern temp & humidity · pet safety	Medium indirect light (a couple of metres from a window)	When the top 2 cm of soil is dry, every 5-7 days	Pet-safe
Lady palm temp & humidity · pet safety	Medium indirect light (a couple of metres from a window)	When the top 2-3 cm of soil is dry, every 7-10 days	Pet-safe
Lemon button fern temp & humidity · pet safety	Medium indirect light (a couple of metres from a window)	When the top 1-2 cm of soil is dry, every 4-7 days	Pet-safe
Lettuce temp & humidity · pet safety	Medium indirect light (a couple of metres from a window)	Shallow daily watering — lettuce roots are shallow	Pet-safe
Maidenhair fern temp & humidity · pet safety	Medium indirect light (a couple of metres from a window)	Keep evenly moist — often every 2-3 days	Pet-safe
Parlor palm temp & humidity · pet safety	Medium indirect light (a couple of metres from a window)	When the top 2 cm of soil is dry, every 7-10 days	Pet-safe
Peace lily temp & humidity · pet safety	Medium indirect light (a couple of metres from a window)	As soon as the leaves start to droop slightly, usually every 5-7 days	Mildly toxic to pets
Philodendron temp & humidity · pet safety	Medium indirect light (a couple of metres from a window)	When the top 3 cm of soil is dry, every 7-10 days	Mildly toxic to pets
Prayer plant temp & humidity · pet safety	Medium indirect light (a couple of metres from a window)	When the top 1 cm of soil is just dry, every 4-6 days	Pet-safe

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African violet

temp & humidity · pet safety