These tricolor houseplants are beautiful and easy to care for as long as they receive a few hours of mild sunlight!
Nothing beats the beauty of indoor plants, and these tricolor houseplants simply set the bar high with their beautiful color combination and easy care requirements.
Best Tricolor Houseplants
1. Triostar Stromanthe
Botanical Name: Stromanthe sanguinea
The long lance-shaped leaves display a beautiful combination of green, white, and pink. If you are lucky enough, you can also witness white or pink flower bracts emerging from the foliage in the spring and summer months.
2. Bolero Tricolor
Botanical Name: Cordyline fruticosa ‘Tricolor’
This cordyline variety features a mix of pink, green, and cream stripes on its broad foliage, which also boasts a slightly wavy texture. Plus, it has a compact shape that would easily fit any medium-lit tabletop or work desk.
3. Croton
Botanical Name: Graptophyllum pictum
Crotons are a must-have if you are into colorful houseplants that flaunt a mix of yellow, red, orange, green, and even purple. However, there’s a catch—these plants require a lot of sunlight to thrive, so make sure to locate them at the sunniest corner of your house.
4. Caladium Gingerland
Botanical Name: Caladium ‘Gingerland’
Caladium Gingerland has heart-shaped leaves with a beautiful blend of white, green, and red speckles. Each leaf can grow upto 8-10 inches long if provided with the right blend of indirect sunlight and consistently moist soil.
5. Aluminum Plant
Botanical Name: Pilea cadierei
The Pilea cadierei earned its common name due to the metallic silver patches on dark green leaves. Apart from its compact, bushy growth habit, its crinkled texture makes it a cult favorite among other cultivars.
6. Kalanchoe Flapjack
Botanical Name: Kalanchoe thyrsiflora
The Flapjack has unique, flat, paddle-shaped leaves that show a light green color, transitioning to bright pink edges. Growing in a rosette formation, it can sit in shallow containers and does well even with minimal watering.
7. Moonburst
Botanical Name: Aenoium ‘Moonburst’
This Aeonium variety showcases rosettes of fleshy leaves with green centers, and white margins tinged with pink. Another compact succulent, it shows the best colors with a few hours of mild sun exposure and sparse watering.
8. Nerve Plant
Botanical Name: Fittonia albivenis
The foliage features a dark green background with white, pink, or red veins running across it. Although it does not feature three colors, the veined texture, showcasing a stark color contrast, is worth the hype.
9. Tradescantia Nanouk
Botanical Name: Tradescantia albiflora ‘Nanouk’
Tradescantia Nanouk boasts colorful, striped leaves in shades of green, pink, and white. It looks beautiful cascading down from hanging baskets or high-held spots and does best in a few hours of mild sunlight exposure
10. Polka Dot Plant
Botanical Name: Hypoestes phyllostachya
Spotted with a mix of green, pink, white, or red dots, the polka dot plant looks like a mosaic art piece. It has a compact, bushy shape and requires little upkeep except in a moist environment.
11. Coleus
Botanical Name: Coleus spp.
Coleus is another multi-colored variety whose shades are not limited to three but include green, red, pink, yellow, and purple. It also has a bushy growth habit, perfect for adding an ornamental accent to bookshelves or coffee tables.
12. Pink Princess Philodendron
Botanical Name: Philodendron erubescens
The Pink Princess Philodendron arguably wins the crown when it comes to pink houseplants. Its heart-shaped foliage is splashed with random pink, green, and white spots, making it one of the most beautiful Philodendrons out there!
13. Rex Begonia
Botanical Name: Begonia rex
The crinkly textured leaves come in various colors, including green, red, pink, silver, and purple. Plus, the intricate patterns give the foliage a metallic sheen that reflects beautifully under sunlight.
14. Chinese Evergreen
Botanical Name: Aglaonema pictum tricolor
While most Aglaonemas boast a marbled texture with a mix of red, green, and yellow, the ‘Pictum Tricolor’ stands out with its camouflage-like variegation of green, silver, and dark green leaves. This plant has a bushy, upright growth habit and is a highly decorative option for compact spots.
15. Purple Velvet
Botanical Name: Gynura aurantiaca
This fuzzy plant grabs a spot on this list with its layer of purple hairs, giving it a velvety appearance and a subtle purple edging. The foliage is dark green underneath the purple fuzz, which looks even more beautiful under indirect sunlight.
16. Peperomia Rosso
Botanical Name: Peperomia caperata
Peperomia Rosso boasts unique, lance-shaped leaves that blend a beautiful combination of dark green with deep red undersides and prominent venation. The foliage grows in a rosette pattern, creating a bushy form, ideal for compact spots.
17. Poinsettia
Botanical Name: Euphorbia pulcherrima
Poinsettias catch the spotlight with their vibrant red and green foliage, often associated with the holiday season. In fact, the bracts, which are modified leaves, can also be white, pink, or variegated, cementing their place on this list of beautiful houseplants.
18. Begonia Pearcei
Botanical Name: Begonia pearcei
Begonia Pearcei features small, somewhat elongated leaves with a beautiful mix of green and bronze. The foliage often has red undersides and prominent venation that highlights its color combination.
19. Blushing Bromeliad
Botanical Name: Nidularium fulgens
Growing in a rosette, the foliage displays a striped pattern of green, red, orange, and even purple. It prefers bright, indirect light and needs to be watered in the central cup formed by its leaves rather than the soil.
