A list of hatches can be specified to `~.axes.Axes.bar` and `~.axes.Axes.barh` ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Similar to some other rectangle properties, it is now possible to hand a list of hatch styles to `~.axes.Axes.bar` and `~.axes.Axes.barh` in order to create bars with different hatch styles, e.g. .. plot:: import matplotlib.pyplot as plt fig, ax = plt.subplots() ax.bar([1, 2], [2, 3], hatch=['+', 'o']) plt.show()