I’m sure you have seen plants with green leaves and red edges but a plant with red leaves and green edges is uncommon. I found most of them among the varieties of Coleus (such as Coleus Kong Rose or Watermelon), Caladium (like Caladium Freida Hemple), Aglaonema (such as Aglaonema Red Anjamani), and Begonia (like Begonia Rex Macarena)
I’m a horticultural consultant and have provided a collection of 38 red-leaf plants with green edges. I hope it helps you with the following things:
➡ If you have one of them and don’t know its name, here you can identify your plant with red leaves and green edges.
➡ A combination of red-leaf plants with green leaves can make a perfect view in your house but if you have a small place, you can make this lovely view only in a pot of a plant with green and red leaves. Here you will find a broad collection in various shapes and sizes that help you choose the best indoor decor or landscape.
In addition, plants have their specific needs and caring manner, so, you have to know their names to find their caring tips.
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A Fact About Colorful Plants: Colourful plants such as red leaves and green edges plants may return to a green hue in low-light conditions or after fertilizing with a high nitrate fertilizer. So, before buying a colourful plant, consider the best place with a proper fertilizer for it. |
A Gallery of Plants With Red Leaves And Green Edge
In this part, I will show you the images of 38 plants with red leaves and green edges. As I told you above, they belong to the 4 major groups of indoor and outdoor colourful leaves plants. Hence, to make the identification of your plant easy for you, I put these plants in the four following groups:
- A: Coleus plants with red leaves and green edge
- B: Caladium plants with red leaves and green edge
- C: Aglaonema Plants with red leaves and green edge
- D: Begonia Plants with red leaves and green edge
Keep reading to find your plant with red leaves and green edges among them.
A: Coleus Plants With Red Leaves And Green Edge
Coleus plants are multicoloured leaves with variegated shapes and sizes. They are popular outdoor and indoor plants. The leaves are usually heart or oval-shaped which helps us with plant identification by leaf. You may find the leaves from small to large in various cultivars. In the following, you can see 11 varieties of this beautiful plant with red leaves and green edges, however, you may spot other colours on their leaves such as burgundy, maroon and pink too.
You can find other colourful plants with green, yellow and red foliage or reddish-purple leaves in this genius too.
1- ColorBlaze Wicked Witch
2- French Quarter
3- Trusty Rusty
4- Wizard Rose
5-Kong Rose
7-Wizard Coral Sunrise
8- Wizard Scarlet
9-Watermelon
10-Burgundy Wedding Train
11-FlameThrower
B: Caladium Plants With Red Leaves And Green Edge
Caladium plants have heart-shaped leaves, although you can spot triangular, round or ovate leaves too in various varieties. The leaves have three main veins in the shape of an inverted letter Y.
Caladium plants are one of the largest colourful leaves plants with various cultivars. You can spot them in indoor and outdoor spaces. However, they are not safe plants for cats and dogs. In the following, you can see the images of 23 caladium plants with red leaves and green edges. You may find other red theme colours such as burgundy, maroon and pink in some varieties too.
12- Southern Charm
13- Puppy Love
14- Clowning Around
15-Bold & Beautiful
16-Berries & Burgundy
17-Carolyn Whorton
18-Fannie Munson
19-Freida Hemple
20-Florida Sweetheart
21-Apple Blossom
22-Blushing Bride
23-Postman Joyner
24-Red Flash
25-Red Frill
26-Rosebud
27-Rosemary
28-Scarlet Flame
29-Tiki Torch
30-Bold N’ Beautiful
31-Caribbean Coral
32-Flatter Me
33-Just Saucy
34-Rose Glow
C: Aglaonema Plants With Red Leaves And Green Edge
Aglaonema plants have Oval or lance-shaped leaves. In most variates the leaves are green with light green or white patterns. but some cultivars have variegated colour leaves from green to red. In the following, you can see the images of 3 varieties with red leaves and green edges.
35-Aglaonema ‘Valentine’
36-Aglaonema Red Anjamani
37-Aglaonema ‘Pink Dalmatian’
It is also known as Chinese evergreens.
D: Begonia Plants With Red Leaves And Green Edge
The begonia leaves are usually heart, oval or spade-shaped in various colours and patterns. In the following, you can see a varieties of Begonia plants with red leaves and green edges.
Although you will spot other red theme colours such as reddish-pink, burgundy, maroon or even reddish-purple. In addition, you may see various patterns on leaves too such as white spots.
38-Begonia Rex Macarena
Conclusion
Although plants with red leaves and green edges are not common, here we showed you 38 of them with their images. As you found out most of them belong to Coleus (such as Coleus Kong Rose or Watermelon), Caladium (like Caladium Freida Hemple), Aglaonema (such as Aglaonema Red Anjamani), and Begonia (like Begonia Rex Macarena).
Did you find your indoor plant among them? What was its name? If you couldn’t identify your intended plant, please tell me in the comment below this page, I’ll help you.
Elahe Rabiei
Hi, I’m Elaheh. My Academic major is plant protection, and houseplants are my expertise. As a houseplant lover, my house is full of indoor plants and it is my passion to take care of them. Hence, I’m here to share my knowledge and experience about growing healthy houseplants. I am also a plant protection advisor, so feel free to ask me any questions you may have.