Feelings aside, plants don’t recognize their owners

Plants don’t have feelings.

I’ve said that over and over again, often to people who are heartbroken over killing a plant or to those who are too guilt-ridden to toss out an ailing plant that has little hope of properly recovering. I’ve even used it to make myself feel better about the dozens and dozens of plants that have died under my care.

But there’s a problem with that statement: There’s increasing evidence that I might be wrong.