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Houseplants have become a staple in most homes in recent years, and for good reason: they add a touch of green, filter the air, and make a unique-looking (and vibrant) piece of decor. However, if you want to grow houseplants that are different from the rest, you should turn to pink houseplants.
This vibrant flora is often varieties of the houseplants you know and love, like philodendrons or prayer plants, but with an added, colorful touch: they’re pink. Read on to learn about some of our favorite pink houseplants.
Best Pink Houseplants
1. Pretty pink caladium
Botanical name: Caladium ‘Pretty Pink’
The leaves have a rich pink tone that adds to the overall attractiveness of the plant! Other beautiful pink varieties include Caladium ‘Pink Splash’, Caladium ‘Thai Beauty’ and Caladium ‘Florida Sweetheart’.
2. Pink spotted plant
Botanical name: Hypestes phyllostachya
This patterned pink houseplant is decorated with spots in striking shades of pink, white or red. It stays compact and can be a great partner for other houseplants in dark shade.
3. Calico kittens
Botanical name: Crassula pellucida variegata ‘Calico Kitten’
The plant’s colorful, heart-shaped leaves come in fuchsia, purple, yellow, pink and cream. Keep it stressed and it will turn a deep pink-purple hue.
4. Snow White Waffle Plant
Botanical name: Hemigraphis alternata
Popular for its cascading foliage with a pink-purple-metallic hue, it hangs beautifully from hanging baskets, making it an exquisite houseplant. Bell-shaped white flowers also grow!
5. Christmas carol
Botanical name: aloe ‘Christmas song’
This succulent has yellow bumps on the leaves that turn a charming shade of pink when the plant is stressed. It also produces red-pink flowers!
6. Pink gummy bears
Botanical name: Sedum rubrotinctum ‘Aurora’
A soft sedum variety, the plant’s fleshy, spiral-shaped leaves range from light green to pink and cream hues. Keep it in bright light to bring out the pink hue and colorful accent.
7. Imperial Red Philodendron
Botanical name: Philodendron erubescens
Also popular as Philodendron PeperomiaThe copper-colored leaves of this beautiful Philodendron variety feature a colorful mix of pink, green, and black. You can find more “Philo” varieties here.
8. Earth Star
Botanical name: Bromeliad cryptanthus
Add a touch of color with this unique houseplant with colorful, star-shaped foliage. It is available in pink, red, green and white colors.
9. Pink nerve plant
Botanical name: Fittonia albivenis
Also called mosaic plants, these pink houseplants have deeply veined green leaves with a texture like a mosaic or stained glass window. The tiny plant is ideal for terrariums and small pots.
10. Aglaonema Pink Anyamanee
Botanical name: Aglaonema pink Anyamanee
This award-winning Chinese evergreen variety offers a mix of dark and light green foliage, variegated with dark pink and chartreuse tones.
11. Leaf Begonia
Botanical name: Begonia beleaf Inca flame
This pink plant is an absolute stunner with beautiful and glossy dark pink leaves that resemble a heart shape and have a wrinkled appearance.
12. Rose Painted Calathea
Botanical name: Calathea roseopicta ‘Rosy’
Rosy features beautiful leaves patterned with broad outlines of fuschia pink and green on each leaf. Check out some great Calathea varieties in this article.
13. Pink Symphony
Botanical name: Caladium’ “Pink Symphony”
The large leaves of this plant are a light shade of pink with veins in a dark shade of green, adding to its overall striking beauty!
14. Pink Chaos Coleus
Botanical name: Solenostemon scutellarioides ‘Pink Chaos’
An amazing mix of bright pink, mint green and white spots on the foliage is this pink plant. The plant also attracts hummingbirds!
15. Pink Princess
Botanical name: Philodendron erubescens ‘Pink Princess’
This philodendron offers bright pink variegation on striking green, leathery leaves with pinkish-red undersides and grows well in pots and hanging baskets.
16. Pearl of Nuremberg
Botanical name: Echeveria ‘Pearl of Nuremberg’
This plant is the most beautiful Echeveria variety and offers a rich pink-purple hue around the edges. Another type – “Meridian” – also features ruffled pink edges.
17. Madagascar dragon tree
Botanical name: Dracaena marginata tricolor
The perfect choice for novice gardeners, this drought- and light-resistant Dracaena variety has narrow green leaves with pink edges.
18. Syngonium Pink Neon
Botanical name: Syngonium podophyllum ‘Neon Robusta’
This air-purifying houseplant has heart-shaped leaves with a pink and green pattern. It looks best in hanging baskets, vegetable gardens and terrariums.
19. Beautiful salmon pink
Botanical name: Solenostemon scutellarioides ‘Picture Perfect Salmon Pink’
This beautiful pink coleus variety looks like a work of art. It can be grown indoors if you have a bright window.
20. Pink Mother of Millions
Botanical name: Kalanchoe ‘Pink Butterflies’
Thanks to the lack of chlorophyll in the leaves, this hybrid produces butterfly-like plants in an incredible shade of pink and is an essential houseplant if you love pink!
21. Pink Wandering Jew Plant
Botanical name: Tradescantia fluminensis
A popular plant with a glossy leaf surface striped with cream, dark pink, white and purple undersides. It also produces pink flowers!
22. Pink rubber plant
Botanical name: Ficus elastica ‘Tineke’
It is a spectacular houseplant with pink, yellow, beige or red spots on dense foliage. Some varieties of these pink houseplants offer a mix of all four colors, creating a rainbow-like effect.
23. Colorful pink croton
Botanical name: Codiaeum variegatum
The long leaves of this beautiful croton have a mix of light and deep pink, as well as hints of green. For best foliage color, grow in a bright location with indirect sunlight.
24. Anthurium Tickled Pink
Botanical name: Anthurium andraeanum ‘Tickled Pink’
“Tickled Pink” opens into a spathe of rich pink-magenta tones with dark purple edges that mature to a beautiful shade of fluorescent pink.
25. Hexagonal Kalanchoe
Botanical name: Kalanchoe sexangularis
The leaves of this shrub have jagged edges colored in a pink-red hue. It is a compact specimen that grows to 30cm tall and makes a lovely houseplant.
26. Colorful Kalanchoe
Botanical name: Kalanchoe blossfeldiana ‘Tricolor’
As the name suggests, this colorful plant has red-pink petioles on the opposite leaf arrangement, giving it a very unique look. Not only that, it’s also blooming.
27. Boat lily
Botanical name: Tradescantia spathacea
If you like a plant with dense foliage that spreads pink everywhere, then you will like this plant with its unusual inflorescence with pinkish-purple underside.
28. Cabbage palm
Botanical name: Cordyline’ “Pink Passion”
The plant is one of the most dazzling Cordyline varieties and has rose-red and purple leaves with dark pink tones.
29. Tricolor Stromanthe
Botanical name: Stomanthe sanguinea ‘Tricolor’
This amazing houseplant looks different from every angle! This plant with pink and green leaves also has a white variegation and the underside shows pink with red hues.
30. Pink Arrowhead Plant
Botanical name: Syngonium podophyllum ‘Pink Allusion’
The pink houseplant features light green leaves with bright pink veins. It can also be pruned to make it look bushier and more compact, or you can train it to climb support stakes or trellises.
31. Pink Congo
Botanical name: Philodendron ‘Pink Congo’
This pink-leaved plant gets its color from a chemical that gives the foliage a rich hue, making it quite pink!
32. Pink charming
Botanical name: Begonia rex ‘Pink Charming’
As the name suggests, this charming variety offers beautiful pink and green variegated leaves with silver flecks.
33. Pink blush aloe
Botanical name: Aloe ‘Pink Blush’
This clump-forming hybrid aloe features patterned green leaves with raised pink edges. Place the plant in bright sun to get a nice shade.
34. Pink Lady
Botanical name: Callisia repens ‘Pink Lady’
Also known as the turtle plant, this low-growing semi-succulent plant produces stems covered in round, small, waxy leaves that vary in shades from striped green to pink to cream with burgundy leaf undersides.
35. Pink Moonstone
Botanical name: Pachyphytum Oviferum ‘Pink Moonstone’
“Pink Moonstone” features a rosette of pink leaves that are also blue-lavender in color. The fleshy foliage is covered with powdery white or fine silver hairs.
36. Strawberry saxifrage
Botanical name: Saxifraga stolonifera variegata
Also known as strawberry begonia, this plant’s green leaves have a velvety pink underside that gives it a stunning appearance. Keep it in bright, indirect light for the best color.
37. Aglaonema Prestige
Botanical name: Aglaonema ‘Prestige’
This beautiful pink and green houseplant looks best on coffee tables and shelves. If you want it to be more pink, make sure it gets lots of indirect, bright light.
38. Party time “Alternanthera”
Botanical name: Alternanthera ficoidea ‘Partytime’
This pink-leaved plant, also called Joseph’s mantle and parrot leaf, prefers the brightest possible light because direct sunlight makes the leaves more colorful!
39. Elephant bush
Botanical name: Portulacaria Afra ‘Tricolor’
Also known as dwarf jade, this plant with pink and green leaves is best suited to compact locations where you want to add vibrant color. Make sure there is enough bright light.
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Botanical name: Pilea microphylla variegata
This Pilea offers a stunning combination of green and pink leaves. For best colors, ensure the plant receives at least 3-5 hours of full sun each day.
41. Tradescantia Nanouk
Botanical name: Tradescantia nanouk
It has to be one of the most colorful plants for hanging baskets. The stems hang downwards and display the stunning, colorful leaves in two tones.
42. Sunrise Anacampseros
Botanical name: Anacampseros telephiastrum ‘Variegata’
This sweet little beauty showcases stocky leaves in dark green and pink hues. To make the plant more vibrant, keep it lightly stressed and in sunlight.
