Tricolor Pothos
Epipremnum aureum 'Tricolor'
📖 About this plant
Tricolor Pothos is a stunning variety that lives up to its name by displaying three distinct colors on each leaf — green, cream white, and golden-yellow. The variegation is complex and beautiful, with each leaf featuring an intricate interplay of all three colors in varying proportions. Some leaves lean more golden, others more white, and some show an even balance of all three hues. This creates a warm, multi-dimensional appearance that changes with the viewing angle and lighting. It’s a spectacular trailing plant that adds rich, painterly color to any room.
🧑🌾 Care requirements
Medium to Bright Indirect Light
When top 2-3 cm of soil is dry
40-60%
18-29°C (65-85°F)
Well-draining potting mix with perlite and peat moss
Balanced liquid fertilizer every 4-6 weeks in growing season
🌐 Common Names
📋 Plant facts
- 🌍 Origin
- Southeast Asia (cultivar)
- 📏 Max height
- 1.5-2.5 m (5-8 ft) trailing
- 📐 Spread
- 45-60 cm (1.5-2 ft)
- 🕰️ Bloom time
- Rarely flowers indoors
- 🎨 Bloom color
- White spathe (rare)
- 🍃 Foliage color
- Green leaves with cream white and golden-yellow variegation — three colors on each leaf
- ⏳ Lifespan
- Perennial (5-10+ years indoors)
- 📈 Growth rate
- Moderate
- ☠️ Toxicity
- Toxic to cats and dogs — calcium oxalate crystals cause oral irritation, drooling, and vomiting
- 🌱 Propagation
- Stem cuttings in water or moist sphagnum moss; roots in 2-3 weeks
🛡️ Health & Safety
Toxic to cats and dogs — calcium oxalate crystals cause oral irritation, drooling, and vomiting
Common issues
- Color instability — leaves can revert to two colors in low light
- white portions scorched by direct sun
- overwatering causing root rot
- mealybugs on stems
- slow growth in winter
💡 Care tips
- Bright indirect light is crucial for maintaining all three colors — low light causes the yellow or white to fade.
- Rotate the plant regularly for even color development.
- The complex variegation means each new leaf is a surprise.
- Prune vines that revert to fewer colors to maintain the tricolor display.
- This variety looks spectacular trailing from a bright window.
