Check out the best indoor plants with golden stripes and include them in your home garden for a more appealing and contrasting look.
Nature blesses us with some exquisite creations, and it’s up to us to admire and adorn our homes with them. You might often come across beautiful flowering plants or uniquely shaped green beauties in your day-to-day life. If these really call to you, then check out some gorgeous indoor plants with golden stripes!
Indoor Plants with Golden Stripes
1. Snake Plant
Botanical Name: Sansevieria trifasciata ‘Laurentii’
Not all snake plants will have the golden stripes that you are looking for. However, cultivars like the ‘Laurentii’ do have tall, stiff, dark green leaves with bright yellow stripes along the leaf margins. Read our post if you want to improve its variegation and color!
2. Corn Plant
Botanical Name: Dracaena fragrans ‘Massangeana’
The variegated corn plant features lush, glossy leaves atop a thick, sturdy stem with some bright yellow stripes down the center of each leaf.
Sometimes called the “cornstalk plant,” this one is also easy to care for and lives quite happily indoors if you save it from dry air. Some varieties also feature chartreuse, white, or cream variegations on the foliage.
3. Hosta Gold Standard
Botanical Name: Hosta ‘Gold Standard’
This plant is really the gold standard when it comes to Hostas. Though it does the golden variegation you are looking for, there is a twist. The ‘Gold Standard’ leaves live up to the name and are completely golden except for the dark green stripes on the edges.
This versatile plant grows better outdoors in shade, but it can also thrive well in the right indoor conditions. During midsummer, you might even see pale lavender flowers blooming on this plant.
4. Gold Dust Plant
Botanical Name: Aucuba japonica ‘Variegata’
Also known as the spotted laurel or Japanese laurel, the gold dust plant not only lives up to its name but stands out, too! While not exactly stripes, the glossy green leaves of this plant showcase bright yellow speckles, giving a gold dust appearance.
It is a slow-growing, hardy, evergreen shrub and produces tiny purple-maroon flowers, each with four petals if grown outdoors. You can also grow Gold Dust Croton, which looks quite similar!
5. Variegated Spider Plant
Botanical Name: Chlorophytum comosum ‘Vittatum’
When you think of the easiest plants to grow, spider plants appear at the top of the list. The ‘Vivattum’ cultivar is especially one that you must get for your home because of its long, arching green leaves with a golden or pale yellow stripe that runs in the center.
A great display tip is to place its pot on a tall plant stand or grow it in hanging baskets. Similar to snake plants, spider plants purify the air. These are also easy to propagate from “spiderettes.”
6. Variegated Weeping Fig
Botanical Name: Ficus benjamina ‘Starlight’
Looking to add a tropical feel to the indoors? Ficus ‘Starlight’ can be your best choice! Edged with irregular yellow stripes on both sides of the dense, oval-shaped leaves, the foliage easily brightens up any room.
To make this plant flourish, all you need to do is provide it with full-day bright, indirect sunlight. If you take good care of it, it will be 6-8 feet tall indoors, enough to make a statement!
7. Bromeliads
Botanical Name: Bromeliad Aechmea ‘Romero Albomarginata’
You can’t go wrong with bromeliads! Though not all varieties show off striped leaves, some cultivars like the ‘Romero’ feature striking vertical yellow stripes on the leaves.
The best way to display Bromeliads is to get a few different types with various variegations and grow them together. Remember, bromeliads only bloom once in their lifetime, after which they die back!
8. Pleomele
Botanical Name: Dracaena reflexa ‘Golden’
Also known as “Song of India,” the Pleomele makes for a great houseplant not just because of its pretty appearance but also because it remains compact even though it can be large. The whorls of leaves presents alternating green and yellow stripes.
They might grow up to 19 feet (6 m) tall outdoors, but indoors, they stay below 8 feet. It is best to provide a moss pole or some other kind of support as they might lean over when young.
So which plant caught your eye most with its golden yellow variegations? Let us know in the comments below!
