21 Unique, Purple Houseplants You Definitely Don't Have in Your Collection Yet (2024)

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Brighten your home with these purple plants

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  Purple Oxalis

  

  For a moody approach to purple plants, consider adding a few purple oxalises (otherwise known as purple shamrocks) to your home. These plants have gorgeous deep leaves that need to sit in direct sunlight to properly develop their rich color.

  Maintaining a purple oxalis is quite easy; just make sure to water the plant every one to two weeks once the soil begins to dry.
  

  • Name: Oxalis triangularis
  • Light: Direct sunlight
  • Water: Every 1-2 weeks
  • Mature Size: 0.5–1 ft. tall, 1–2 ft. wide
  • Difficulty: Low maintenance

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  Lavender

  

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  Lavender is a popular and versatile type of purple indoor plant that does more than bring color to your interiors. With the soft purple leaves, you'll give your house a fresh fragrance and culinary herb.

  Growing lavender indoors is fairly easy with the main task being ensuring it gets enough sunlight, which is at least four to six hours of direct sunlight every day. Remember to keep your lavender plants in a pet-free area since it's toxic to dogs and cats.
  

  • Name: Lavandula spp.
    
  • Light: Full, direct
  • Water: Once every 10-14 days
  • Mature Size: 1-2 ft. tall, 1-2 ft. wide
  • Difficulty: Low maintenance

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  Prayer Plant

  

  Prayer plants add rich texture to your home from their stunning leaves that sport a muted purple underside for a subtle inclusion of color. When these beauties grow to their full size, they reach upwards of 12 inches tall, though it's recommended to leave them out of direct sunlight so their colorful leaves don't fade.
  

  • Name: Maranta leuconeura
  • Light: Bright, indirect sunlight
  • Water: Every 1-2 weeks
  • Mature Size: 6–12 in. tall, 6–12 in. wide
  • Difficulty: Low maintenance

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  Rex Begonia

  

  Rex begonias are purple indoor plants to add to your list for their show-stopping leaves that feature a hint of burgundy undertones. These leaves add warmth from their deep shades but love to live in 60 to 70-degree weather with moderate humidity to stay vibrant.

  Remember to water these plants weekly once the top of the soil has started to dry to continue promoting healthy growth.
  

  • Name: Begonia rex-cultorum
  • Light: Partial shade
  • Water: Weekly when the top has dried
  • Mature Size: 12-18 in. tall
  • Difficulty: Low maintenance

  Warning

  Keep indoors rex begonias away from animals as these houseplants are toxic to dogs and cats.

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  Coleus

  

  A purple coleus plant makes beautiful plant decor in your home with its growing vines. Sit your potted coleus plants somewhere in the indirect sunlight so their foliage doesn't dull from overexposure.

  Though purple coleus plants make decorative purple indoor plants, note that they are toxic to household animals.
  

  • Name: Plectranthus scutellarioides
  • Light: Partial shade
  • Water: Regularly
  • Mature Size: 0.5–3 ft. tall, 0.5–3 ft. wide
  • Difficulty: Low maintenance

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  Purple Passion

  

  Showcase these velvety stems and leaves of purple passion plants for a true pop of color. On top of the bright hues, there's a luxurious sheen to the slightly vining leaves to increase the plant's texture that's close to velvet. Taking care of these stunning plants is easy; just remember to water at least once a week and keep them in direct sunlight.
  

  • Name: Gynura aurantiaca
  • Light: Bright, indirect
  • Water: Water regularly during active growth before reducing in the winter
  • Mature Size: 1-2 ft high, vines up to 5 ft long
  • Difficulty: Low maintenance

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  Calathea

  

  Calatheas are a favorite type of purple indoor plant since they are versatile in placement. These household plants are relatively easy to care for but require a few key considerations to get the most out of your plant.

  For instance, keep calatheas away from direct sunlight so the leaves don't burn, and make sure the soil stays continuously wet without being overfilled.
  

  • Name: Calathea
  • Light: Indirect sunlight only
  • Water: Weekly
  • Mature Size: 1–2 ft. tall, 1–2 ft. wide
  • Difficulty: Needy

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  Tradescantia Zebrina

  

  Show off the gorgeous mix of silver, green, and purple hues all found in one houseplant. Since they're compact and can go without sun, they can sit nearly anywhere in your home.

  These household plants are easy to care for and grow best in indirect light while needing water once the soil begins to dry.
  

  • Name: Tradescantia zebrina
  • Light: Bright, indirect light
  • Water: When the soil has dried
  • Mature Size: 14 in. tall, 14 in. wide
  • Difficulty: Low maintenance

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  Persian Shield

  

  Persian shields produce dramatic purple leaves full of dark hues in its foliage. To keep the colors in full force, they require consistent bright indirect sunlight (with some direct sun mixed in) and moisture, which means plant care is an everyday commitment with these plant babies.
  

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  • Name: Strobilanthes dyerianus
  • Light: Full, partial
  • Water: Regularly
  • Mature Size: 3–4 ft. tall, 2–3 ft. wide
  • Difficulty: Needy

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  Purple Heart

  

  The purple heart plant works overtime to bring your home a double dose of purple foliage. Enjoy the pop of color from the plant's deep leaves before they start to sprout soft purple flowers. Purple hearts can go some time in between waterings but love their full sunlight to properly develop.
  

  • Name: Tradescantia pallida
  • Light: Full, direct
  • Water: When the top of the soil has dried
  • Mature Size: 12-18 in. tall and wide
  • Difficulty: Low maintenance

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  Ti plant

  

  Ti plants command attention when used as purple indoor plants with their sharp leaves, rich purple hues, and tall stature. Though they are relatively easy to maintain, it's important to note that their soil requires being well-drained to keep their roots from rotting.
  

  • Name: Cordyline fruticosa
  • Light: Partial
  • Water: When top inch of soil has dried
  • Mature Size: 2-10 ft. tall, 3–4 ft. wide
  • Difficulty: Low maintenance

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  Echeveria

  

  Obsessed with succulents? The echeveria fits right in with purple indoor plants due to their muted purple-pinkish and green stems. Since echeverias are drought-tolerant, they only require a few hours in direct sunlight and water every now and then when the soil begins to dry.
  

  • Name: Echeveriaspp.
  • Light: Full, direct
  • Water: When soil has dried
  • Mature Size: 2-24 in. tall, 2-12 in. wide
  • Difficulty: Low maintenance

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  Purple Waffle Plant

  

  Purple waffle plants bring your favorite color to your indoors subtly, but with a load of texture from their ridged leaves. Other than its subtle foliage, these plants produce beautiful white flowers, like purple hearts, for added brightness to your home.

  On top of their beauty, these plants are easy to take care of as they only require indirect sunlight to keep their leaves as vibrant as possible, and moist soil.
  

  • Name: Hemigraphis alternata
  • Light: Indirect
  • Water: Keep it moist
  • Mature Size: 6 in. tall, 8 in. wide
  • Difficulty: Low maintenance

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  Moses in the Cradle

  

  Moses in the cradle, or oyster plant, sprouts long green leaves with a mix of purple along the sides and bottom. The plant itself is rather compact, and caring for Moses in the cradle plants is exceptionally easy. Just keep these plants in full sun for up to six hours a day and water often when the top of the soil starts to dry.
  

  • Name: Tradescantia spathacea
  • Light: Full, partial
  • Water: When top two inches are dry
  • Mature Size: 6–12 in. tall, 12–24 in. wide
  • Difficulty: Low maintenance

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  Ruby's Necklace

  

  Add ruby's necklace to your collection of purple indoor plants for dramatic plant decor. These downward vining succulents grow rich purple stems with pinkish-purple leaves mixed with green.

  Set these potted succulents in front of a window for full direct sunlight to maximize the colors of the stems, but if room is limited, know they can still thrive in partial sun as well.
  

  • Name: Othonna capensis
  • Light: Bright, direct light
  • Water: Water when soil begins to dry
  • Mature Size: 2 in. tall, vines downward
  • Difficulty: Low maintenance

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  Gloxinia Senningia

  

  Get the best of both worlds with greenery and floral blooms found in gloxinia senningias. Along with their vibrant green leaves grows purple florals reminiscent of African Violets, maintenance is a breeze and the only thing to remember is watering routinely so the soil stays moist.
  

  • Name: Gloxinia sinningia
    
  • Light: Partial shade to full shade
  • Water: Frequent watering
  • Mature Size: 6-10 inches tall and wide
  • Difficulty: Low maintenance

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  Purple Sweet Potato Vine

  

  Display this ornamental plant in your home for color and ease of plant maintenance. Purple sweet potato vines produce an abundance of purple leaves to give your home a dramatic foliage appeal. To keep your purple sweet potato vine in good shape, keep them where they're able to get full sun all day long, and remember to consistently water the well-drained soil daily or every other day.
  

  • Name: Ipomoea batatas
    
  • Light: Full
  • Water: Every 1-2 days
  • Mature Size: 8–10 ft. long, 5–12 in. wide
    
  • Difficulty: Low maintenance

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  Graptoveria

  

  Full of pale purple, silver, and green undertones, graptoverias make excellent purple indoor plants if you're looking for a subtle color pop. The compact succulent only need about six hours of full sunlight everyday, so they're perfect to join your living room mantle decor or bookcase shelf before resting in shade once the sun begins to set.
  

  • Name: Fred ives
  • Light: Partial to full sun
  • Water: Water once soil is dry
  • Mature Size: 6-8 in. tall
  • Difficulty: Low maintenance

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  Rubber Tree

  

  For a subtle purple color inclusion (that's wildly easy to maintain), we recommend choosing a rubber tree plant. Growing up to 10 feet tall, these plants bring a fresh nature look into your space with hints of purple underneath the leaves. You'll love that rubber tree plants are one of the most forgiving plants to care for as they only need a few hours of direct sunlight a day and minimal watering once the top of the soil starts to dry out.
  

  • Name: Ficus elastica
  • Light: Bright, indirect
  • Water: Water when first inch of soil is dry
  • Mature Size: 10 ft. tall
  • Difficulty: Low maintenance

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  Iron Cross Begonia

  

  Where most purple indoor plants pop with their color, iron cross begonias pop with their design. In the center of the green-outlined leaves is where you'll find the dark purple hues in the cross design, which is where the plant gets its name.

  Though these plants are beautiful and easy to maintain, they come with precautions not to ingest as they are toxic to both humans and pets.
  

  • Name: Begonia masoniana
  • Light: Bright, indirect
  • Water: Every 2-4 days, keep soil moist
  • Mature Size: 1 ft. tall, 4 ft. wide
  • Difficulty: Low maintenance

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  Chinese Evergreen

  

  Chinese evergreens are a common household plant with notes of purple mixed in with green leaves and stems. Though the good news is that these plants are easy to care for with their minimal light and watering requirements, the bad news is that they are toxic to dogs and cats.
  

  • Name: Aglaonema commutatum
  • Light: Partial, full
  • Water: Keep the soil moist, but only water when it begins to dry
  • Mature Size: 1–3 ft. tall, 1–3 ft. wide
  • Difficulty: Low maintenance