Hello Gardeners, I’m Amanda McNulty with Clemson Extension and Making It Grow . Although the production of anthocyanin, the pigment that gives us reds, purples, and blues in leaves, flowers and fruits is enhanced by increased sugar concentrations and cooler nights, some plants in the midlands and coastal plain can still produce those compounds. In my yard, dogwoods and black gums have those red pigments developing in their leaves in spite of the less than ideal conditions required by certain