24 Tricolor Houseplants with Fantastic Foliage

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If you like plants with colorful leaves, then we have some rare Tricolor Houseplants with a beautiful combination of three hues on the foliage!

Here are some beautiful Tricolor Houseplants you can add to your room with a unique combination of three colors on the foliage!

Have a look at the best colorful houseplants you can grow here


Tricolor Houseplants

1. Tricolor Stromanthe

Botanical Name: Stomanthe sanguinea ‘Tricolor’

The exceptionally beautiful variegated foliage has cream, pink, and green tint, which makes this plant simply stand out! It prefers medium filtered light.

2. Chinese Evergreen Tricolor

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Botanical Name: Aglaonema pictum tricolor

This beautifully patterned aglaonema variety has aesthetic foliage that gives it a classy appearance with a fusion of deep green, cream, and light pink shade.

Check out our article on the best Aglaonema varieties here

3. Lauren’s Rainbow Croton

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Botanical Name: Codiaeum variegatum ‘Lauren’s Rainbow’

This croton variety has long, narrow foliage in yellow, green, and deep purple shades. It can grow up to 4-5 feet tall with a similar spread.

Have a look at the best croton varieties here

4. Kalanchoe Flapjack

Botanical Name: Kalanchoe thyrsiflora

Popular for its foliage, the paddle-shaped leaves exhibit red, cream, and green shades. It changes color according to different light conditions and does best in the bright sun.

Here are the best Kalanchoes you can grow

5. Cleopatra Snake Plant

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Botanical Name: Sansevieria ‘Cleopatra’

This gorgeous specimen offers lovely light green leaves patterned in deep green stripes and pink margins, giving it an awesome shoe of three shades!

Check out our article on the best snake plant varieties here

6. Rainbow Peperomia

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Botanical Name: Peperomia clusiifolia ‘Rainbow’

‘Rainbow’ peperomia is a great choice for novice gardeners as it thrives on neglect. It features light green leaves with deep pink and yellow margins.

Here are the best types of Peperomia you can grow

7.  Calathea Corona

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Botanical Name: Calathea roseopicta ‘Corona’

Also known as Rose painted calathea, it showcases large shiny leaves with light green centers and deep green patterns with hints of turquoise and pink.

Have a look at the most beautiful Calathea varieties here

8. Caladium Gingerland

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Botanical Name: Caladium ‘Gingerland’

This strap-leaf caladium variety features small to medium-sized, heart-shaped creamy-white leaves with green borders and red-pink splotches.

Check out the most beautiful Caladium types here

9. Rosebud Caladium

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Botanical Name: Caladium ‘Rosebud’

‘Rosebud’offers large leaves with pink centers surrounded by white blotches and green borders. The plant looks great in small, colorful planters.

10. Candy Cane

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Botanical Name: Cordyline fruticosa ‘Candy Cane’

This beautiful variety of Ti plant offers green leaves patterned in cream and pink edges. It prefers dappled light.

Have a look at the best Cordyline varieties here

11. Bolero Tricolor

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Botanical Name: Cordyline fruticosa ‘Bolero Tricolor’

‘Bolero Tricolor’ is a distinct-looking cordyline variety, thanks to its wide leaves patterned in pink borders with creamy hues. It is a great border and container plant!

12. Bromeliad Nidularium

Botanical Name: Nidularium bromeliad

The bright green-yellow leaves have a nest-like arrangement at the center. It flowers in red, purple, or white shades.

Check out our article on the best types of bromeliads here

13. Red Prayer Plant

Botanical Name: Maranta leuconeura ‘Erythroneura’

This variety has dark green leaves with a white or light green center and pink veins. It also offers small blooms in a light lavender shade.

14. Tricolor Stonecrop

Botanical Name: Sedum spurium ‘Tricolor’

This lovely succulent forms a mat of fleshy leaves with green centers edged in white and pink. It can tolerate light shade but does best in bright light.

Have a look at the best Sedum you can grow here

15. Moonburst

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Botanical Name: Aeonium ‘Moonburst’

This charming succulent forms a rosette of green leaves patterned in cream-to-yellow streaks with pink edges. Keep it in full sun for the best display of three colors.

Check out our article on the best Aeonium varieties here

16. Calathea Dottie

Botanical Name: Calathea roseopicta ‘Dottie’

This low-maintenance calathea has almost black leaves with beautiful pink markings and purple undersides, making it one of the best tricolor houseplants!

17. Coleus

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Botanical Name: Coleus ‘Kong Mosaic’

This ornamental variety sports a pop of colors with its stunning foliage splashed in burgundy, cream, and purple along the inner veins, lined with a bright green hue on the edge.

18. Rex Begonia

Botanical Name: Begonia ‘Ring of Fire’

If you want to display a splash of colors on a table, then nothing comes close to the Rex begonia. It comes in different varieties and most of them have some stunning combinations of three or more hues.

How to Propagate Rex Begonias From Leaf Cuttings

19. Strawberry Begonia

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Botanical Name: Saxifraga stolonifera

The plant showcases a cluster of round green leaves with red and cream hues. It is a great choice for hanging baskets and does best in bright, indirect light.

20. Poinsettia

Botanical Name: Poinsettia

This holiday plant stands out anywhere you display it with a beautiful combination of green, pink, and light pink-white! Make sure it gets plenty of bright light.

21. Joseph’s Coat

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Botanical Name: Alternanthera ficoidea ‘Party Time’

Also popular as Parrot Leaf, the plant displays a stunning color combination of green, pink, and magenta. Expose it to plenty of indirect light and give some afternoon shade.

22. Philodendron Pink Princess

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Botanical Name: Philodendron erubescens ‘Pink Princess’

It is a captivating houseplant with glossy green and pink leaves adorned by stunning white variegation. This combination of green, pink, and white provides a fresh and vibrant look.

23. Begonia Pearcei

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Botanical Name: Begonia x tuberhybrida cv. pearcei

The Begonia Pearcei is a charming houseplant featuring textured leaves with a captivating tricolor pattern. Its foliage showcases shades of green, black, and cream.

Best Pink Begonia Varieties | Beautiful Begonia Types

24. Syngonium Red Spot

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Botanical Name: Syngonium podophyllum ‘Tricolor Red Spot’

The Syngonium Red Spot is a delightful tricolor houseplant. This colroful effect, with green as the base, accented by red-pink variegation and cream-white spots, stands out!


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