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Mind you, being plant-concentric, I give plants the credit for this rain. It started with bacteria on their leaves. Winds lifted these into the atmosphere where they formed ice crystals.

There are also other reasons why plants sometimes look greener after rain. It can also be from the rain washing dust from plants. This is quite plausible given the dust storms in recent weeks.

Although it looks like many plants are dormant already above ground, UW-Green Bay associate biology professor Dr. Karen Stahlheber says the rain still helps what we don't see below ground.

Plant Doctor Tom MacCubbin gives advice on gardening in Florida including golden rain trees, moles, crape myrtles, tomatoes, short-day onions, camellias and plumeria.