One in seven people have a 'highly connected' relationship with a house plant, study reveals
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House plants used to be something people simply remembered to water - but now they are considered 'family members'. As many as one in seven people have a 'highly connected' relationship with their pot plants, a study has found. It means they have 'deep love' for the plants that share their home, or even see them as part of the family.
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The findings come from an academic survey of 115 owners of house plants including Swiss cheese plants, heart-shaped Devil's Ivy and cacti. The study volunteers, aged 18 to 69, were asked to 'describe your relationship with your indoor plants'. Responses to the research, conducted in Australia, included a 28-year-old man who told researchers his plants are 'like my children' and a woman who said: 'I often water them and take care of them as family members'.
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The study found 14 per cent of people had a 'highly connected' relationship with their indoor plants, while 42 per cent were 'emotionally attached'. Like King Charles, one 48-year-old man confessed to speaking to his plants daily because of his love for them.
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House plants used to be something people simply remembered to water - but now they are considered 'family members' (stock image). As many as one in seven people have a 'highly connected' relationship with their pot plants, a study has found (stock image).
A 27-year-old woman said: 'Who needs kids when you have plants?'. It comes amid a social media craze for posing with elaborate pot plants, whose sales boomed during Covid and beyond. Dr Brianna LeBusque, who led the house plant study published in the journal Plant Environment Interactions, said: 'It is well known that many people see their pets as being like their children, but house plants now seem to be like family members too.
