Excoecaria cochinchinensis Bicolour Variegated Cordylines why plants have red leaves?
Excoecaria cochinchinensis Bicolour Variegated Cordyline terminalis Pink day lillies Ribbon grass, new additions to window sill garden. Eranthemum, Tricolour Stromanthe, Triostar Stromanthe, Stromanthe Sanguinea. Why are leaves red? why crotons plants are having red leaves? Pigments present in croton leaves give the colour. chlorophylls, carotenoids, tannins, anthocyannins. each absorbs energy from different wave lengths and different regions. these properties give each pigment colour. some absorb red and blue, some absorb green. This also is affected by the amount of sunlight received by the plant. The important pigment associated with red leaves, red plants is anthocyannin. Chrophyll decreases and anthocyannin increases in some plants due to reflected light and energy they absorb. These beautiful vibrant crimson lake red leaves are so beautiful against the greyish green variegated top. Artistry in nature, and beauty, so many different shades, you wonder what a bea...