If your home gets a dash of the morning sun, then here are the Best Indoor Plants for East Facing Windows that you can grow!

Get the best of the morning sunlight by growing these awesome Indoor Plants for East Facing Windows!

Best Indoor Plants for East Facing Windows

Usually, an eastern direction receives direct morning sunlight and bright indirect daylight all day. The indoor plants placed on the east-facing window or door grow strong and healthy. You can keep them in pots, hanging baskets, windowboxes, windowsills, and shelves!

1. Japanese Aralia

Botanical Name: Fatsia Japonica

This ornamental houseplant, with deeply lobed leaves, does well in bright indirect light and makes for an excellent east-facing window plant.

2. Areca Palm

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Botanical Name: Dypsis lutescens

You cannot keep this palm in the dark spot as it needs full-day bright indirect light and gentle morning sunlight. It also grows well in Western and Southern exposure.

Check out our article on growing areca palm indoors here

3. Swiss Cheese Plant

Botanical Name: Monstera adansonii

This tropical plant grows best in warm temperatures with bright, indirect light–place it close to an east-facing window where it will receive some mild morning sun.

4. Peace Lily

Botanical Name: Spathiphyllum wallisii

The stunning variegation on leaves makes Domino Peace Lily more attractive than common cultivars. However, you can grow any variety you want. It prefers a cool shady area for fine growth, an east-facing window.

5. Polka Dot Plant

Botanical Name: Hypoestes phyllostachya

As too much light can fade the bright spots on the leaves, and too much shade can make the plant lose its vitality, an east-facing window is an apt choice for this specimen.

6. Hoya

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Botanical Name: Hoya carnosa

Grow hoya plant in a bright, airy location away from any exposure to direct sunlight. An east-facing window is the best location as it receives enough light but not the intense afternoon sun.

7. Umbrella Tree

Botanical Name: Schefflera

Keep this tropical plant away from air vents and exterior doors, so the plant will stay safe from hot and cold air. An east or north-facing window is a perfect location for an umbrella tree.

8. Calathea

Botanical Name: Calathea

Calathea does well in front of an east-facing window with curtains or blinds. If you notice the foliage is curling inwards, then it’s a sign of getting too much light.

9. Croton

Botanical Name: Codiaeum variegatum

Croton is admired for huge variation in the color and pattern of the leaves–place it near an east-facing window, where it receives bright morning sun and day-long indirect light.

10. Aluminum Plant

Botanical Name: Pilea cadierei

Grow silver-leafed Aluminum Plant on the east or north-facing window. It favors dappled light as too much sun can burn the foliage.

11. Nerve Plant

Botanical Name: Fittonia

Fittonia prefers bright indirect light that creates intricate patterns on the foliage. Place the plant on the east or north-facing window.

12. Boston Fern

Botanical Name: Nephrolepis exaltata

This gorgeous houseplant with vibrant green fronds does well near east or north-facing windows. Grow Boston fern in hanging baskets for a beautiful visual appearance or display it on a windowsill.

13. Clivia

Botanical Name: Clivia

Colorful and bright clivias prefer a spot that gets the direct morning sunlight but shade in the afternoon. If you have an east-facing window–this is the apt houseplant for you.

14. Prayer Plant

Botanical Name: Maranta

Prayer plant comes from natural jungle habitat that receives partially shaded or dappled light. A north or east-facing window is an ideal spot for this beautiful houseplant.

15. Orchids

Botanical Name: Phalaenopsis

Orchids favor bright, indirect sunlight, and an east-facing window will do well for growing them indoors. Check out all the orchid growing details here.

16. Anthurium

Botanical Name: Anthurium andraeanum

Keep anthurium where it gets an indirect light–an east-facing window will be an ideal spot for this South American beauty. Read more about anthurium plant care here.

17. Jade Plant

Botanical Name: Crassula Ovata

Keep jade plants in bright shade in your home–an east-facing window that receives gentle direct sun in the morning would be a perfect spot!

18. Purple Shamrock

Botanical Name: Oxalis triangularis

Place the false shamrock in an area with filtered bright to medium light away from direct sunlight. It does well in the morning light, so an east-facing window will work best.

19. Watermelon Peperomia

Botanical Name: Peperomia argyreia

Watermelon peperomia performs well in bright, indirect sunlight. Keeping it near an east-facing window saves the leaves from burning and heat stress.

20. Heartleaf Philodendron

Botanical Name: Philodendron hederaceum

This tropical plant prefers bright indirect light, hence an east-facing window is a perfect spot for growing it. If you notice long, leggy stems, it implies the plant is not getting sufficient light.

21. English Ivy

Botanical Name: Hedera helix

All ivy varieties prefer medium bright locations and an eastern exposure is ideal for the plant. Read all about its growing information here.