But plants wear their green throughout the year, and it is the green that makes plants such unique life forms.
Plants get their green color from a pigment called chlorophyll.
Green plants produce their own food supply through a process called photosynthesis, which can only take place when both chlorophyll and light are present. Other ingredients are also essential for photosynthesis to take place. The plant uses light and chlorophyll to manufacture carbohydrates from carbon dioxide and water in the plant environment. The leaves produce most of the carbohydrates, but stems and buds are also contributors. Chlorophyll is only able to use a portion of the light that reaches it.