If you are an enthusiast of small plants, red-leaf ones will give a lively view to your living space. I have a collection of small plants that almost all are succulents and some have lovely red leaves. However, you can find a small plant with red leaves among Peperomia, Polka Dot Plants, Coleus, Nerve Plants, etc. To identify indoor or outdoor small red-leaf plants or find the best for your indoor decor or garden, you can easily explore the following gallery I provided here.
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➡ ➡ Tip: Your red leaf plants may turn green in low light conditions or fertilizing with high Nitrate levels fertilizers. |
Small plants with red leaves will give a lovely tropical view to your home in combination with green leaves. To take care of them, first, you have to find their names to know their needs. Keep reading to show you how to identify your small plant with red leaves.
Gallery of Small Plants with Red Leaves
1-Peperomia Plants: Small Plant With Red And Green Leaves
Peperomia belongs to the family of Piperaceae with more than 1000 species in the great range of colours and patterns on their leaves. In the following, you can find species and cultivars that have green leaves with red on the undersides or red leaves overall.
- Peperomia caperata ‘Schumi Red’
- Peperomia caperata sunrise
- Peperomia Rosso
- Peperomia Assorted
- Peperomia Santorini
It is a very nice Peperomia with green leaves on top and red underneath. You can find more plants like that in my other post.
- Peperomia caperata ‘Apricot’
- Peperomia verticillata
It is known as Red Log Plant and also called Whorled Peperomia or Belly Button
2-Polka Dot Plant: Small Plant With Red And Green Leaves
Polka dot plants are another common small house plant with green leaves with speckles of white to red. You can read my other post about plants with green, yellow and red leaves too.
3-Nerve Plant
The Nerve plant is a small house plant with green leaves and red veins that remind you of nerve networks! see the following picture.
4-Coleus: Plant with Red Leaves and Green Edge
Coleus are popular indoor and outdoor plants with various ranges of colours and patterns on their leaves. In the following, you can see some small cultivars with red leaves or green and red leaves. there are types of Coleus plants with Maroon leaves too.
5-Air Plant
It’s a small plant with red leaves especially when put in the sunlight in the morning or early afternoon.
6-Romeo Echeveria
Echeveria agavoides is a gorgeous succulent with deep red leaves.
7-Christmas Carol Aloe
Christmas Carol is a small succulent with green leaves and red trim. If you put it in sunlight, the fleshy leaves will turn red overall.
8-Flapjack Plant
This small plant is also known as the “Paddle plant”. The appearance of this plant is similar to a stack of pancakes. The colour of its leaves is dependent on light. In sunlight places it has red leaves but in shade places the leaves will turn a green colour. To know more read my other post “Why My colourful plant turn green?”
9-Pencil Cactus
(Euphorbia tirucalli)
Pencil Cactus is not a real cactus; it is a succulent that is also known as Sticks of Fire. If you put it in sunlight, you will see more red colour on its leaves.
10-Red Aloe
Red Aloe is also known as Cameron’s Ruwari Aloe and Red Aloe. You will see it with deep green leaves that will turn a red or dark red colour in summer.
11-Red Wiggle
Red wiggle are beautiful succulents that can grow indoors too. The needle-shaped leaves of this small plant are green and will turn into red colour with age.
12-Kalanchoe sexangularis N.E.Br.
Kalanchoe sexangularis has green leaves with a red shade. If you put it in sunlight place its leaves will turn red overall. In addition, the green leaves will turn red in winter too.
13-Lithops karasmontana ‘Top Red’
As shown in the picture below, Lithos karasmontana has thick fleshy leaves with red patterns on the upper surface.
14-Oxalis
Oxalis triangulation is also known as False Shamrock, its leaves are similar to Shamrock Trifolium although the leaves are red to maroon. its leaves fold down at night. I recommend reading my other post about reddish-purple plants to find more stunning ones.
15-Ruby Necklace
It belongs to the genus of Othonna and is one of the popular hanging plants. In a low light place, it will have a shade of purple and green but in sunlight places, it will shine with its red Ruby leaves.
Conclusion
the small plants with red leaves are very popular among house gardeners. In the present article, we showed you pictures of all 15 small indoor plants with red leaves or green and red leaves.
Did you identify your small plant with red leaves? what was its name? Please share your ideas and experiences with our readers 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.