Houseplant Hues: Pantone's Color of the Year — Plant Care Tips and More

The Magenta Triostar, a living expression of Pantone’s Color of the Year

“Brave and fearless, a pulsating color whose exuberance promotes optimism and joy.” Such is how Pantone describes its 2023 Color of the Year, Viva Magenta, and such might describe the colorful plant who bears this evocative hue: the Magenta Triostar.

Expressive & Experimental

Viva Magenta is a color hailing from the red family that’s at once expressive and experimental, and that couldn’t ring more true for its colorful living counterpart. As if nature herself were expressing and experimenting with her creations, the leaves of the Magenta Triostar appear seemingly painted on with a brush, in strokes of deep pinks, creamy whites and hunter greens. For the color-obsessed, there can be no better plant.

A colorful Prayer Plant

What makes the Magenta Triostar even more unique is that it belongs to the “prayer plant” family. That means that its leaves fold upward at night, as if in prayer, and unfold again during the day. This movement is believed to be an adaptation to the plant's native environment in the tropical rainforests of South America, where it receives limited sunlight and relies on the movement of its leaves to absorb as much light as possible during the day. The plant's common name, prayer plant, comes from this distinctive movement of its leaves, which is thought to resemble a person praying.

The result is a dramatic show of nature, a bold expression of color and a piece of living art for the home.

Caring for the Magenta Triostar

The Magenta Triostar is a relatively easy plant to care for, but new owners should take note of a few particularities about this plant to ensure it thrives over time.

Given the Magenta Triostar hails from the rainforest, it loves humidity and regular watering is key. Bright indirect light is ideal for this plant, though it can also adapt to lower levels of light as well.