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Living Leaves
T hough you’ll never hear your plants sighing as you walk past, they’re actually breathing in and out all the time. Tiny pores in the leaf surfaces take in carbon dioxide and breathe out oxygen, the opposite of the way we use air. In fact, plants create the oxygen we breathe.
It’s not just your imagination when you notice that your garden always looks great after a rain. Plants seem to grow an inch or more after a soaking shower, even if you’ve been watering regularly and foliage is lush. That’s because plants can drink, as well as breathe, through their leaves. A rain shower washes clean the pores of the leaves and refreshes the plant, as well as giving it a needed drink.
