That’s what they do inside plants/trees too, which is why you can change the color of a carnation flower…
if you cut the end several different times, and put the different ends in different colors, you will get several colors in the flower.

This is also why florist suggest you cut a rose beneath water,
and several inches up the stalk…the water chain continues going up towards the bloom…and the bottom dries out.

This is why a cut flower will stay nice for awhile out of water.

See…this is why I went to college…learned in a summer botany class.

I think this concept may be why snowflakes are also so unique.