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Using the Passive

EXPLORE

Q READ the article about night gardens. How are night gardens different from the
gardens that we see during the day?

Night Gardens

Take a walk through a garden at night. You will probably notice that flowers look
different from how they look during the day. At nighttime, colors are transformed!
when they are lit by moonlight. White and yellow flowers shine, and reds and
oranges glow.?

Glowing colors are especially important for plants that bloom? only at night, such
as the cereus cactus plant and some tropical water lilies. Night-bloomers are pollinated
by bats and moths. Most of these creatures are active only at night. They don’t have
good vision, but they can easily locate flowers that glow in the dark. In addition,
night-bloomers have a sweet smell, so their pollinators are attracted by their scent
as well as their color.
That’s the scientific explanation for the colors and fragrance of night gardens, but it

does not explain their peacefulness or the magical effect they have on us.
‘transform: to change from one appearance to another
2 glow: to give off light
3 bloom: to flower

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