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Make your room a peaceful retreat with these top picks.
Your bedroom should be a relaxing oasis where you can unwind and drift off to sleep with ease. Adding plants into the mix benefits your physical and mental wellbeing, all while helping to create an aesthetically pleasing environment. Win-win.
Plants can easily add elements to your room that will make you feel as if you're sleeping in a jungle, instead of a flat or house. Some plants (like peace lilies and snake plants) even release oxygen at night, purifying the air, while you can also use a collection of plants to increase humidity in your bedroom, which is especially great during winter when you have your heating on.
And, if you're worried about adding greenery to your bedroom because you lack a green thumb, don't! The unkillables, like the spider plant and pothos, can thrive in just about any environment.
Ready to bring the outdoors inside? Here are 10 bedroom plants to add to your space.
The snake plant, or Sansevieria, is a gorgeous, hearty plant that can survive in most light conditions and is basically unkillable. This makes it a great option if you don't have a lot of natural light in your bedroom. It also stores up oxygen throughout the day and then slowly releases it at night, purifying your air while you get some rest.
The snake plant is a beauty and comes in lots of varieties, colours, and sizes. To best care for it, water the plant when the soil has dried out. Give the leaves a good wipe with a microfibre cloth every now and then to keep them looking shiny and healthy.
Another common houseplant, the spider plant has been around for ages, truly making its mark in the seventies. The popular plant is super easy to care for and has air-purifying qualities.
Try to keep the soil moist, but not wet, and place it in bright, indirect light. Prop this easy-to-care-for plant up on a shelf or in a plant hanger and if you care for it the right way, it will reward you with little babies. The babies are offshoots that can live on your plant or be removed and propagated so you can get even more plants.
If you like the idea of adding some flowers to your bedroom but don't want to worry about changing out water or replacing them, a peace lily is a great alternative (fun fact: the flowers aren't actually flowers, but leaves called spathes). It can thrive in most light conditions, but if you do want it to continue to bloom for you, it should have some indirect bright light.
These plants love humidity so be sure to give them a mist every few days to keep them happy. And even if you don't end up with any blooms, the plant still has excellent air-purifying qualities and will leave your bedroom feeling fresh.
Whether you decide to get golden pothos, neon pothos, or satin pothos, this trailing plant will look amazing in your bedroom. Hang it from a plant hanger or allow it to trail from a tall shelf so the vines create a luscious oasis.
These plants thrive in almost all conditions and are really hard to kill. In fact, in some cases they're even drought-tolerant, making it the perfect plant for a beginner or someone without a green thumb. And even if you forget to care for them, they can grow really fast. If your plant is getting away from you, you can trim back the vines and propagate it if they get too long for your space.
Rubber plants can be found variegated with white, green, and pinkish leaves or in deep green colours. They get their name as the milky sap they produce contains latex which was once used to make natural rubber. They have super thick, rubbery leaves that like a lot of bright, indirect light.
When you care for them the right way, they'll reward you with large new leaves. These plants look particularly great standing tall in the corner of a room and would make a great bedroom plant.
If you love the smell of lavender and enjoy how relaxed it can make you feel, you can absolutely grow the plant indoors. Use a small pot and some well-draining soil, and make sure to fertilise it once a month. Before you know it you'll have a gorgeous plant giving you purplish-blue blooms that leave a sweet scent in the air, transforming your bedroom into the ultimate relaxation zone.
Lavender has been used for thousands of years for aromatherapy purposes, so it's no surprise that it's a much-loved scent.
Another pretty trailing plant that would be great in your bedroom is English Ivy. It's a fast grower so will probably need regular pruning. Hang it from a curtain rod or let the vines trail from a shelf.
The hardy plant grows well in just about any light condition, so even if you're relying on grow lights for part of the day, this plant will thrive. Plus, it also has air-purifying qualities, so it will remove pollutants from the air in your bedroom while looking beautiful.
With so many varieties of calathea, it can be hard to choose which one to place in your bedroom. Calathea are striking plants, with deep purple undersides and stunning patterns on their leaves.
They're often called prayer plants as the leaves often appear to unfurl in the daytime after closing up for the evening. They do this so their leaves can soak up as much sunlight during the day. At night, they can conserve moisture by folding up. Some of our favourites are the orbifolia (pictured), which has large white and green leaves, and the pinstripe calathea which appears as if the leaves have been painted on.
The philodendron is another plant that comes in so many beautiful varieties (489 species!) but perhaps the most popular is the philodendron scandens, or heartleaf plant. The pretty green leaves appear to be in the shape of a heart and will brighten up your bedroom.
It's an easy-to-care-for plant, can do well in most light conditions, and wants to be watered when the top two inches of soil are dry. Philodendrons are also incredibly easy to propagate. Simply locate a node, trim below it, and pop it in water. In a few weeks you'll have a rooted vine that you can plant in soil, add to your existing plant, or gift to someone you love.
If you want a plant that can fill up a corner of your bedroom, the parlour palm is a great choice. This plant has been around for ages and really became popular during the Victorian times. People placed this palm in their parlour, which was where they would greet their guests, hence its name.
It tolerates low light and doesn't need to be watered too much so will do well in your bedroom if you don’t have a lot of natural light coming in. It's a really slow-growing plant, so people often choose to buy these when they're bigger instead of starting off with a smaller plant.
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