7 Easy and Safe Plants for Crested Geckos

Pothos (Epipremnum Aureum) 

Pothos is a popular, low-maintenance plant with rapid growth, eye-catching green color, and large leaves for climbing, perfect for creating natural hiding spots in a vivarium.

Snake Plant or Mother-In-Law’s Tongue

Snake Plant is a hardy, decorative plant with tough leaves, ideal for hiding spots, tolerating 40-60% humidity and up to 75°F temperature, with minimal maintenance required.

Bird’s Nest Fern (Asplenium Nidus)

Bird’s Nest Fern is a fast-growing, unique plant with wavy foliage and roundish shape, providing hiding spots and cooling areas, requiring regular pruning and moderate maintenance.

Pink Quill (Tillandsia Cyanea) 

Pink Quill is a colorful, air plant with thick pink branches and thin green fronds, perfect for adding color, requiring bright light and moderate watering, with non-toxic flowers.

Lemon Button Fern (Nephrolepis Cordifolia)

Lemon Button Fern is a small, delicate plant with light lemon-scented leaves, providing hiding spots and texture, requiring moderate maintenance, high humidity, and indirect light.

Petra (Codiaeum Variegatum)

Petra is a stunning plant with bold, colorful leaves, providing a sturdy climbing structure, requiring moderate maintenance, bright light, and well-drained soil, with toxic saponins in its leaves.

Dwarf Umbrella Tree (Schefflera Arboricola)

Dwarf Umbrella Tree is a vigorous growing plant with deep green foliage, providing great climbing opportunities and hiding spots, requiring medium maintenance.