🌿 Pink Parrot Leaf (Alternanthera reineckii 'Pink')
Soft Pink to Rosy-Red Leaves • A True Aquatic Alternanthera • A Colourful Background Accent
 
📋 Pink Parrot Leaf brings a soft, rosy glow to planted tanks. Its leaves grow in pink to rosy-red tones, with paler undersides, on upright stems that create an effective contrast against green plants, especially when planted in groups. It's a lovely colour accent for the background of Dutch-style aquascapes, nature layouts and colourful community tanks.
It's a true underwater plant, so it thrives fully submerged for the long term. Give it moderate to strong light, steady nutrients and CO2, and its pink tones deepen towards red. Pinching off the tops and replanting them makes the mother plant bushier too, as it sends out more side shoots.
It's a freshwater plant, suited to freshwater aquariums.
 
💡 Highlights
🌸 Pink to Rosy-Red Leaves: A soft, colourful glow
🌊 True Aquatic Plant: Thrives fully submerged long-term
🎨 Effective Contrast: Stands out beside green plants
🌳 Bushier with Every Trim: Topping encourages side shoots
✂️ Easy Propagation: Pinch and replant the tops