plants with green and yellow leaves are very strange in decorating homes and designing landscapes because adding a green and yellow leaves plant to your living space brings the view of fall and spring together at the same time. hence people usually are searching for them to add these gorgeous plants to their houses.
Here, I will provide you with an almost comprehensive collection of names and images of 105 types of plants with green and yellow leaves including indoors and outdoors. In addition, I will teach you how to identify green and yellow leaf plants with a plant identification tool.
If you are ready, let’s start.
In this part, I will provide you with a huge collection of images and names of indoor and outdoor plants with green and yellow leaves. If you are searching to identify a specific plant or you want to create your favorite list to add to your living space, scroll through the images.
To make it easy for you I divided them into several practical groups including:
Crotons are the most famous colorful plants. These plants belong to the species Codiaeum Variegatum. You can spot a various range of colors in its different varieties. In the following, you can see the 9 varieties with green and yellow leaves.
Gold Dusted Croton
Gold Dusted Croton
Its leaves are bright green rounded oval leaves that are spotted with golden to yellow colors.
Gold Star Croton
Gold Star Croton
‘Gold Star’ is similar to ‘Gold Dust’ but its leaves are much narrower.
Yellow Iceton Croton
Yellow Iceton Croton
Yellow Thai Croton
Yellow Thai Croton
Sunny Star Croton
Sunny Star Croton
Eleanor Roosevelt Croton
Eleanor Roosevelt Croton
Banana Croton
Banana Croton
Andrew Croton
Andrew Croton
Croton Arrowhead
Croton Arrowhead
Dracaena genus has a lot of species and varieties. In the following, you can see 13 of them with green and yellow leaves.
Sansevieria Trifasciata ‘Laurentii’
Scientific name: Dracaena trifasciata ‘Laurentii’
Other common names: Mother-In-Law’s Tongue, Variegated Snake Plant, Goldband Sansevieria
Sansevieria trifasciata ‘Black Gold’
Scientific name: Sansevieria trifasciata ‘Black star’
Dracaena Lemon Lime
Scientific name: Dracaena fragrans
Lemon Surprise Dracaena
Scientific name: Dracaena deremensis (Dracaena fragrans ‘Lemon Surprise’)
Warneckii Dracaena
Scientific name: Dracaena deremensis ‘Warneckii'(Dracaena fragrans ‘Warneckii’)
Dorado Dracaena
Scientific name: Dracaena deremensis ‘Dorado’
Hawaiian Sunshine Dracaena
Scientific name: Dracaena fragrans ‘Hawaiian Sunshine’
Mass Cane
Scientific name: Dracaena fragrans ‘Massangeana’
Dracaena Song of India
Scientific name: Dracaena Reflexa ‘Variegata’
Dracaena Song of Jamaica
Scientific name: Dracaena Reflexa ‘Song of Jamaica’
Florida Beauty Dracaena
Scientific name: Dracaena Surculosa ‘Florida Beauty’
They belong to the genus Dieffenbachia with a lot of species and varieties. In the following, you can see 17 varieties with green and yellow leaves.
Dieffenbachia ‘Camille’
Dieffenbachia ‘Camille’
Dieffenbachia maculata ‘Tropical tiki’
Dieffenbachia maculata ‘Tropical tiki’
Dieffenbachia ‘Seguine’
Dieffenbachia ‘Seguine’
Dieffenbachia ‘Carina’
Dieffenbachia ‘Carina’
Dieffenbachia ‘Compacta’
Dieffenbachia ‘Compacta’
Dieffenbachia ‘Delilah’
Dieffenbachia ‘Delilah’
Dieffenbachia ‘Honeydew’
Dieffenbachia ‘Honeydew’
Dieffenbachia ‘Mary’
Dieffenbachia ‘Mary’
Dieffenbachia ‘Tropic Snow’
Dieffenbachia ‘Tropic Snow’
Dieffenbachia ‘Sarah’
Dieffenbachia ‘Sarah’
Dieffenbachia ‘Sparkle’
Dieffenbachia ‘Sparkle’
Dieffenbachia ‘Star bright.’
Dieffenbachia ‘Star bright.’
Dieffenbachia ‘Tropic Marianne’
Dieffenbachia ‘Tropic Marianne’
Dieffenbachia ‘Puerto Rico Variegated’
Dieffenbachia ‘Puerto Rico Variegated’
Dieffenbachia ‘Tropic Rain’
Dieffenbachia ‘Tropic Rain’
Dieffenbachia daguensis
Dieffenbachia daguensis
Dieffenbachia Rebecca
Dieffenbachia Rebecca
Here, I provide you with 4 varieties of Schefflera with green and yellow leaves.
Madame De Smet plant
Scientific name: Schefflera ‘Madame De Smet’
Green Gold Schefflera plant
Scientific name: Schefflera ‘Gold Capella’
Janine Schefflera plant
Scientific name: Schefflera ‘Janine’
Trinette Schefflera plant
Scientific name: Schefflera ‘Trinette’
The spider plant (Chlorophytum comosum) has various varieties and is one of the popular hanging plants. In the following, you can spot four varieties with green and yellow long leaves.
Variegated Spider Plant
Scientific name: Chlorophytum comosum ‘Vittatum’
Curly Spider Plant ‘Bonnie’
Scientific name: Chlorophytum comosum ‘Bonnie’
Variegated Bonnie Spider Plant
Scientific name: Chlorophytum comosum ‘Bonnie Variegated’
Ocean Spider Plant
Scientific name: Chlorophytum comosum ‘Ocean’
Syngonium has a lot of varieties in variegated colors. Here you can see four varieties with green and yellow leaves.
Syngonium ’Gold Allusion’
Scientific name: Syngonium podophyllum ‘Gold Allusion’
Syngonium ‘Green Gold’
Scientific name: Syngonium podophyllum ‘Green Gold’
Wel kohila
Scientific name: Syngonium angustatum
Syngonium ‘Painted Arrow’
Scientific name: Syngonium podophyllum
This genus is famous due to its green and purple leaves but in the below, you can see two varieties of Spiderwort with green and yellow leaves.
Green and yellow Spiderwort
Scientific name: Tradescantia Zebrina green and yellow
Small-leaf Spiderwort
Scientific name: Tradescantia fluminensis
Below, you can see 3 varieties of Aglaonema with green and yellow leaves.
Aglaonema ‘Silver Stone’
Scientific name: Aglaonema sp.
Aglaonema ‘Snow White’
Scientific name: Aglaonema Costatum
Camouflauge Plant
Scientific name: Alaonema pictum tricolor
Peperomia is one of the popular hanging plants with a lot of species that are variegated in size, color, and texture. Here, you can see three types of peperomia with green and yellow leaves. You may spot shades of creamy or white on leaves too.
Baby Rubber Plant (Variegata)
Scientific name: Peperomia Obtusifolia Variegata
This plant has upright stems with waxy green and yellow leaves.
Variegated Baby Rubber (Marble)
Scientific name: Peperomia obtusifolia ‘Marble’
This variety is very similar to Variegate with a slight difference in the patterns and distribution of colors on the leaves.
Variegated spoon leaf peperomia
Scientific name: Peperomia magnoliifolia variegated
The leaves of P. mangoliifolia (unlike P. obtusifolia) are fleshy.
Here you can find five species and varieties of Ficus sp. that have green and yellow leaves.
Doescheri
Scientific name: Ficus elastica ‘Doescheri’
Yellow Gem
Scientific name: Ficus altissima ‘Yellow Gem’
Lemon Lime
Scientific name: Ficus elastica ‘Lemon Lime’
Schrijveriana
Scientific name: Ficus elastica ‘Schrijveriana’
Weeping Fig
Scientific name: Ficus benjamina
One of the low-maintenance indoor plants with broad large leaves. Here you can spot three varieties with green and yellow leaves.
Philodendron Birkin
Scientific name: Philodendron ‘Birkin’
Florida Ghost Philodendron
Scientific name: Philodendron ‘Florida Ghost’
Most Expensive Philodendron
Scientific name: Philodendron minima Variegata
Gorgeous wonderful indoor plants that are usually famous because of their strange patterns on their leaves and their purple to burgundy under leaf. In the following, you can spot three species with green and yellow leaves.
Peacock plant (cathedral windows)
Scientific name: Calathea makoyana
Zebra plant
Scientific name: Calathea zebrina
Goeppertia kegeljanii
Scientific name: Calathea musaica
This genus belongs to the Liliaceae family with large leaf plants. Here you will see 10 species and varieties with green and yellow leaves.
‘Frances Williams’ Hosta
Scientific name: Hosta sieboldiana
Striptease’ Hosta
Scientific name: Hosta x ‘Striptease’
‘Deja Blu’ Hosta
Scientific name: Hosta sp.
‘Great Expectations’ Hosta
Scientific name: Hosta sieboldiana var. elegans
Sagae’ Hosta
Scientific name: Hosta fluctuans ‘Sagae’
‘Pathfinder’ Hosta
Scientific name: Hosta ‘Pathfinder’
‘Wolverine’ Hosta
Scientific name: Hosta ‘Wolverine’
Plantain Lily
Scientific name: Hosta ‘Paradigm’
‘Formal Attire’ Hosta
Scientific name: Hosta sieboldiana hybrid
‘Sun Power’ Hosta
Scientific name: Hosta ‘Sun Power’
Pothos plants (Epipremnum sp.) are very popular indoor vines due to their low maintenance taking care. Here you can see five varieties with green and yellow leaves.
Golden Pothos
Scientific name: Epipremnum aureum
Variegated neon Pothos
Scientific name: Epipremnum Aureum ‘neon’
Jessenia Pothos
Scientific name: Epipremnum aureum ‘Jessenia’
Pothos N’JOY
Scientific name: Epipremnum pinnatum ‘Njoy’.
Global green Pothos
Scientific name: Epipremnum aureum ‘Asaoka Second’ PPAF
Cast iron plants are easy-growing indoor and outdoor plants that are ideal for new gardeners and those who are busy. Here you can find three species with green and yellow leaves.
Milky Way Galaxy Cast Iron Plant (Striped Cast Iron Plant)
Scientific name: Aspidistra Lurida
Spotty Cast Iron Plant
Scientific name: Aspidistra Sichuanensis
Star Cloud Cast Iron Plant
Scientific name: Aspidistra vietnamensis ‘Seiun’
This plant with its large broad leaves gives a tropical view to your living house. Below, you can find two species with green and yellow leaves.
Shell ginger
Scientific name: Alpinia zerumbet
Red ginger (ostrich plume or pink cone ginger)
Scientific name: Alpinia Purpurata Variegated Ginger
Glacier Ivy (Hedera helix ‘Glacier’) with its green and yellow leaves is a good hanging plant for your house. Below you can see its image.
Caricature Plant (Graptophyllum pictum ‘Aureum Variegatum’) with its large green and yellow leaves and its red flowers, brings a tropical sense to your house.
If you are searching to find a green and yellow shrub or tree for your garden, in the following, you can find three of the bests.
Wintercreeper
Scientific name: Euonymus fortunei ‘Emerald ‘n’ Gold’
Gold Shore Juniper
Scientific name: Juniperus conferta ‘All Gold’
Dwarf Golden Evergreen Arborvitae
Scientific name: Thuja orientalis ‘Aurea Nana’
Here, I provide you with two varieties of Impatiens sp. that bring a light view to your garden with their green and yellow leaves and colorful flowers.
SunPatiens
Scientific name: Impatiens x hybrida SunPatiens
New Guinea Hybrid
Scientific name: Impatiens hawkeri
In this part, you will find three succulents with green and yellow leaves.
Haworthia variegated:
They are succulents with thick green and yellow leaves. In the following, you can spot three common variegated species.
Haworthia heidelbergensis variegated
Haworthia limifolia variegated
Haworthia reinwardtii variegated
Angelina’s sedum (Rocky stonecrop)
Scientific name: Sedum rupestre ‘Angelina’
Mezoo Trailing Red Livingstone
Scientific name: Dorotheanthus bellidiformis
This is an outdoor succulent plant with green and yellow leaves and red flowers mezzo.
Madagascar palm
Scientific name: Pachypodium lamerei f. variegata
This is a small cactus palm with green and yellow leaves that can grow up to tall trees.
Agave ‘Brilliance
Scientific name: Agave lophantha
It is also known as Agave green yellow spiky plant. It has green and yellow leaves plant with thorns on its edges.
Crown of Thorns ‘Variegated Red’
Scientific name: Euphorbia milii hybrid
This is a green and yellow leaf plant with thorns in its stem and small red, pink, yellow, and white flowers.
If you are searching for colorful flowering plants with green and yellow leaves and red to pink stems to add a lot of colors to your garden, here, I will show you two of the bests.
Variegated Columbine
Scientific name: Aquilegia vulgaris ‘Leprechaun Gold’
It is an outdoor plant with bright green and yellow leaves and pink stems.
Tricolor Sage
Scientific name: Salvia officinalis
It is a perennial plant with green and yellow leaves on red to purple stems
Finding a plant among a huge collection of images may be boring and time commenting. In addition, the colors of some plants may change during their seasonal growing. In this part, I want to get you familiar with one of the best plant identification tools: the “House plant identifier”.
It is a free online tool with a comprehensive collection of plant species. It has advanced algorithms that able it to work with learning machines and artificial intelligence. So, the “House plant identifier” can identify your intended plant with high accuracy (about 91%).
Working with it is very easy. When you spot a new plant with green and yellow leaves (or any other plant including trees, ornamentals, flowers, wild plants, and house plants), you must enter in “House plant Identifier” website, take an online picture and click on the start button, finish! It only takes 2 seconds that this free online tool to tell the name of your plant.
It also can detect plant diseases too which is a very practical facility for new gardeners especially. If you are a fan of apps, the app of “House plant identifier” will be available to download soon.
I provided you with a comprehensive collection of indoor and outdoor plants with green and yellow leaves including their images and names (both scientific and common names). It helped you to find your intended plants and make a favorite collection of green and yellow leaf plants. Can you add new plants with green and yellow leaves to our list?
In addition, you got familiar with one of the best plant identifiers: the “House plant Identifier” and learned how to work with it. Have you ever tried to identify a plant with tools? Do you think which one is more practical, tools or plant lists with images?
Please tell us about your idea and experience below this page.
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.