Your Plant Collection Can Have a ‘Brat’ Summer, Too—Here’s How

Its leaves transition from golden, yellow-green to lime for a stunning neon-bright display. It’s easy-to-care-for and tolerant of low indirect light, but will grow faster and produce more leaves in medium or bright indirect light. Wait to water when the top inch of soil dries out completely.

Syngonium is a genus of flowering plants, native to tropical rainforests in southern Mexico. These luscious lime leaves are one of the rarer hybrids, which occasionally also unfurl variegated fronds. While they prefer humid environments and will thrive in bathrooms or kitchens, they will also enjoy being grouped with other plants which creates a desirable microclimate.

“So green you want to scream!” Fast growing in the right conditions, be prepared repot for continued growth every one to two years. They’re easy to propagate—share your score with friends by trimming off a piece of stem with a growth node and place in water until roots sprout.

Compact and pet safe, this chartreuse-colored fern grows with an architectural arch that shimmers in the sunlight. These plants thrive in rich soil with regular fertilization, try adding a liquid or slow release houseplant fertilizer at half strength every four to six weeks.

This vivacious variegated plant can sometimes be an investment piece, so look for outlets that also sell cuttings at a lower cost. Keep potted pretties away from drafty windows or air vents, as this plant prefers humidity and temps ranging between 78–88°F.

This is an air purifying plant that requires a drier environment compared to other philodendrons. Its golden-yellow leaves can reach more than 2 feet long and have tooth-like serrations making for a striking specimen plant.

Maxing out at 40 inches high and 30 inches wide, this cheerful chartreuse shrub is perfect for containers. It produces small pale blue flower spikes late in the season and is adaptable to shade or partial sun while also being heat-tolerant and deer-resistant.

An intensely-hued nandina without a hint of red, it has chartreuse new foliage that fades to dark green for four seasons of gorgeous green color. Deer-, disease-, and pest-resistant as well as a water-wise selection, this super shrub serves a host of roles in the landscape, from borders and low hedges to attractive cut foliage for flower arrangements.

This luminous Ligustrum shines brightly in the landscape. It is incredibly tough and water-wise; it’s heat-, salt-, and drought-tolerant. While it will have year-round golden foliage in full sun, you can shift the color to “Brat” green by planting in part shade. Reaching a height of 4-7 feet and 3-4 feet wide, it doesn’t require pruning and is an easy-to-care plant to be used as a border, edging, and even low hedge.

A simple-to-shape, compact, low-growing shrub with verdant green foliage, it’ll bring glowing green to borders, low hedges, and foundation plantings. Ideal for topiary, landscaping, and even firescaping, this slow-growing evergreen takes well to pruning and offers a clean, bright look in all four seasons.

An easy-care, shade-friendly grass with mounding, this plant is perfect in container combos, borders, mass plantings, or as a groundcover. It infuses an electric hue and exciting movement into the landscape with lime green foliage that flows in the breeze and thrives in partial sun to full shade.