Do you love your cat? Do you love your plant babies? Do you want them to love each other? If you made it to this site, my guess is you answered yes to all of those questions. Of course there are a lot of plants that are not toxic to cats, but what are the bathroom plants that cats love? We have the answers!
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Spider Plant
Spider plants (Chlorophytum comosum) are great for cat lovers for all sorts of reasons. For one, cats love the stimulant qualities of the spider plant leaves, which are similar to catnip. In addition, spider plants have long slender leaves and cute little spider plant babies coming off the end. These spider plant babies resemble little balls in their shape and are quite bouncy. With the stringy leaves providing a caressing touch to the cat’s back when the walk underneath and the spider babies providing a fun, bouncy toy to bat at, the spider plant can provide hours of entertainment for your kitty. The spider plant is also super easy to grow in the bathroom. It is even on our list of thirteen bathroom plants that are impossible to kill. Cats love this bathroom plant!
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Spider Plant Stats:
- Light Preference: Bright Light
- Temperature Preference: 70 to 90 degrees
- How often to water: Water when first inch of soil is dry; about 1x per week — careful not to overwater (this is the #1 reason for Spider Plant death)
- How often to Fertilize: Every 3 months — make sure fertilizer is non-toxic to cats
- Pet Friendliness: Non-Toxic to Dogs and Cats
- Size: up to 3 feet
Valerian
Valerian (Valeriana officinalis) is such a great bathroom plant because its fragrant purple flowers will erase any of that bad bathroom smell. It keeps your bathroom fresh and clean smelling. Although valerian is known to have a nice calming effect in humans, cats love it for a whole different reason. It has catnip-like qualities that cats crave for obvious reasons.
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Valerian Stats:
- Light Preference: Bright Light to Bright, Indirect Light
- Temperature Preference: 59 to 77 degrees
- How often to water: Keep soil moist
- How often to Fertilize: None
- Pet Friendliness: Non-Toxic to Cats — Safe in plant form but toxic in concentrated extract form, Not enough studies to conclude for dogs
- Size: up to 5 feet
Cat Grass
Cat Grass (Dactylis glomerata and other varieties) is not only one of the bathroom plants that cats love, but it is a plant that loves them back. Cats love to munch on cat grass and the helpful plant aids in digestion. So, less hairballs overall for you to clean up! Additionally, cats love cat grass so much that they will actually avoid eating other plants, saving the rest of your plant babies from cat bites.
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Cat Grass Stats:
- Light Preference: Bright Light
- Temperature Preference: 59 to 68 degrees
- How often to water: Keep soil moist
- How often to Fertilize: None
- Pet Friendliness: Non-Toxic to Cats and Dogs
- Size: 6 to 36 inches
Catnip
We couldn’t do a list of the best plants for cats without including Catnip (Nepeta cataria). Although cats love this little guy because of its drug-like qualities, it is like human drugs — best not to overdo it. Catnip can cause vomiting and diarrhea in bulk. However, if you feel like you can control the situation, here is the information on growing your own little catnip bathroom plant.
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Catnip Stats:
- Light Preference: Bright Light to Partial Shade
- Temperature Preference: 55 to 85 degrees
- How often to water: Water when very top of soil starts to get dry
- How often to Fertilize: Every two weeks — make sure fertilizer is non-toxic to cats
- Pet Friendliness: Toxic to Cats
- Size: Up to 4 feet
