If you’ve come across a maroon leaf plant and are eager to know its name, or if you’re looking for a variety of maroon leaf plants, welcome to my website, you’ve come to the right place. In this post, I’ve presented a collection of 30 indoor and outdoor plants that feature incredible maroon shades in their foliage. Whether you’re aiming to identify your intended plant or discover the perfect one for your house, landscapes, or garden, my gallery will be a valuable resource.
I think the maroon leaf plants, both indoor and outdoor, offer a bold contrast to various decorative styles, enhancing diverse home and garden settings. As a horticultural consultant, I know identifying the plants is essential to caring for them and understanding their needs. so, I’m here to help, if you are ready, let’s get going.
A Stunning Gallery of Maroon Leaf Plants
1- Acalypha Firestorm:
A common outdoor fast-growing compact shrub with maroon and burgundy leaves.
2- Acalypha Inferno
As you can see in the below picture, Acalypha inferno is almost similar to Acalypha Firestorm but Firestorm is more compact. To have more maroon colour leaves you should put them in sunny places.
3- Acmena Forest Flame
The new leaves of Acmena Forest Flame are deep red to maroon or even burgundy.
4- Alcantarea imperialis Rubra – bromeliad
It is a maroon leaves indoor plant that can grow outdoors too. this plant has long green leaves in the base and maroon to red leaves on top of the plant.
5- Alcantarea Silver Plum – bromeliad
Another Bromelida cultivar with long green leaves that tend to the maroon to burgundy in tips. You can grow it in both indoor and outdoor environments.
6- Alternanthera Tricolor
You can find it in multicoloured foliage with green, pink and maroon leaves.
7- Azalea purpurea
You will find this maroon leaves plant with its burgundy to maroon leaves.
8- Berberis Helmond Pillar
You may see it as a low compact hedge or container shrub with burgundy to maroon leaves.
9- Calathea rufibarba – Velvet calathea
It is a popular maroon leaves plant that can grow in low-light indoor places with its green velvet leaves that are maroon on the underside (green leaf on top and purple/maroon-burgundy on underneath.
10- Callistemon Red Alert
It has green and red to maroon leaves and is usually used as a tallish hedge.
11- Nandina Obsession
It is a green and maroon leaves plant that can grow in indoor and outdoor environments.
12- Peperomia Jelly
It is a beautiful succulent with green leaves whose edges will turn pink to maroon or burgundy in sunny conditions. It is also one of the non-toxic plants for cats.
13- Coprosma Karo Red – mirror bush
Another pretty nice hedge plant with maroon leaves that may turn red.
14- Cordyline australis Red Star
A beautiful cordyline with dark plum-red to maroon or burgundy leaves that can grow in the house and garden.
15- Cordyline fruticosa
A handsome short Cordyline with maroon leaves. Cordyline plants are sometimes confused with red Dracaena varieties. I discussed them in my other post and taught you how to distinguish them.
16- Cordyline fruticosa Firestorm
You find this cultivar of Cordyline with maroon leaves that are pink on the edges.
17-Cordyline fruticosa Rubra
It is a tall broadleaf cordyline that has green leaves with maroon to burgundy margins.
18- Cordyline fruticosa Tangelo
It has green leaves with maroon edges. The new leaves are more coral.
19- Crassula Campfire – succulent
As you can see in the above image, this is a succulent with green leaves that turn orange to maroon in sunny conditions. you can also read my other post about the red succulents.
20- Hibiscus
They may have green leaves with red veins or full maroon or burgundy leaves.
21- Leptospermum morrisonii ‘Burgundy’
It is a shrub or small tree with lance or curved-shaped leaves. The leaves of this maroon leaves plant are green or maroon to burgundy.
22- Mangave Mission to Mars – succulent
A beautiful succulent with long maroon leaves.
23- Mangave Red Wing – succulent
This variety has Lime green maroon leaves that will turn burgundy in sunny conditions.
24- Nandina Blush
This maroon leaves plant is a compact shrub with maroon leaves that turn red in the fall.
25- Japanese Maple
There are various cultivars some of them have maroon burgundy leaves.
26- Weigela
this maroon leaves plant belongs to the Honeysuckle family with green, bronze, and maroon leaves.
27- Diablo Ninebark
A flowering shrub with white blossom and maroon leaves.
28- Japanese Barberry
You see this shrub in spring with green leaves that will turn to maroon leaves in fall.
29- Moke Bush Plant
A shrub with maroon burgundy leaves and pretty feathery blooms.
30- Black Truffle’ Cardinal Flower
This a maroon leaves plant that has dark purple, burgundy, dark maroon, or almost black leaves.
Conclusion
In this article, I showed you how to identify your maroon Leaf plant by comparing it with a broad collection image of about 30 maroon leaf plants. Did you find your indoor or outdoor plant among them? what was its name? please tell me about it in the comments below this page.
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.