I discovered that house plants with red yellow green leaves are mostly varieties of Croton, Coleus, and Caladium. Other notable plants with vibrant hues are Bromeliad, Philodendron Black Cardinal Variegated, Heucherella ‘Leapfrog’, and Fittonia Verschaffeltii (also known as Nerve Plant).
As a horticultural consultant, I frequently receive inquiries about identifying plants with red, yellow, and green leaves. In this post, I’ve provided a gallery of 17 vibrant house plants featuring these vibrant colours. By browsing through the following collection, you can easily identify your own houseplant or choose the perfect one to complement your elegant home decor, especially for Tropical Bohemian Style, Eclectic Style or Mid-Century Modern, their variegated leaves can easily match the various decorations.
In addition, every indoor plant has its specific needs, so to care for them, you must identify them. In the following, to make it easy for you, I’ve organized them into four categories:
- A: Croton house plants red green and yellow leaves
- B: Coleus house plants with red green and yellow leaves
- C: Caladium plants have red green and yellow leaves
- D: Other house plants have red green and yellow leaves
Keep reading to find them.
A: Croton House Plants Red Yellow Green Leaves
Croton is a common houseplant with colourful leaves in variegated red, green, yellow, orange and pink colours. In the following, you can find three varieties of Croton with colourful leaves.
This variety of Croton plants has long, curling leaves. As you can see in the below image, Mammy Red Croton is very popular because of its bright red, orange, green and yellow leaves.
2- Bush on Fire Croton
You will find this gorgeous indoor plant with its multicoloured leaves in dark red and green and yellowish or orange colours. Indeed, Bush on Fire’ is a house plant with beautiful green leaves with red, yellow, and orange speckles that look like fire.
3- Nervia croton
This variety of Croton has bright pink-red leaves with yellow and light green colours. some of them are green and yellow leaf plants.
B: Coleus House Plants Red Green and Yellow Leaves
Genus Coleus is one of the popular indoor plants with many varieties. Their leaves are ovate with serrated edges. Coleus is a colourful houseplant with red, burgundy, green, orange, and pink, leaves with red margins. please note that these beautiful houseplants are not safe-plants for cats and dogs In the following, we will show you the 3 cultivars of Coleus with variegated colour leaves.
4- Coleus ‘Wizard Scarlet
You can see this cultivar with red leaves with light green margins to yellow. If you are interested in adding a Fall feel to your house you can find the best cases in my other post about indoor plants with red and yellow leaves.
5- Coleus ‘Kong Red’
As you can see in the below picture, This Coleus cultivar has light green to yellow leaves with dark red centres.
6- Coleus ‘Pineapple’
Coleus ‘Pineapple’ has elongated bright green-yellow leaves with red serrated margins
C: Caladium Plants with Red Green and Yellow Leaves
7- Caladium “Yellow Blossom
As you can see in the below picture Caladium “Yellow Blossom” has yellow-green leaves with pink-red in the center.
8- Caladium bicolor ‘New Wave’
It has a colourful shield of red to orange leaves with light green to yellow veining.
9- Caladium Just Saucy
It is a very colourful caladium variety with red leaves that are creamy-white to slightly yellow in the centre and green margins.
10- Raspberry Moon
As you can see in the picture it is one of the colourful leaf houseplants with green, yellow red leaves.
D: Other House Plants have Red Green and Yellow Leaves
In the following, you will find 4 house plants with red green and yellow leaves from various genera.
11- Bromeliad plants
Bromeliads are popular tropical indoor plants with green leaves at the base and red or yellow leaves at the top.
12- Philodendron Black Cardinal Variegated
Philodendron Black Cardinal Variegated is also known as Blushing Philodendron or Philodendron erubescens ‘Black Cardinal’. As you can see in the following picture has oval dark green, yellow, red and orange leaves.
13- Heucherella ‘Leapfrog’
Heuchera is native to North America. Its leaves are light yellow with irregular red patterns in central. They will turn from yellow to green over time. however, you see them in outdoor spaces but they can be indoor plants too.
14- Fittonia Verschaffeltii (nerve Plant)
It is one of the common houseplants that has green leaves with yellow or red veins.
Conclusion
the present article tried to help you to identify the green red yellow leaves of house plants and choose the perfect ones for your indoor decor. I recommend reading my other post about colourful low-light houseplants if you want to add life to your dim room. Did you find your colourful leaf house plant among the above list? what was its name? let me know about your house plants with red yellow green leaves in the comments.
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.