The relationship between people and plants is a human construction. By reflecting on our actions, our thoughts and our emotions, we create that relationship. The plants have nothing to do with it. Although passive and non-committal, their ability to respond to the physical manifestations of how we relate to them often goes unappreciated.
Plants are extraordinary.
There is no question that plants have all kinds of sensitivities. They do a lot of responding to their environment. They can do almost anything you can think of. I believe that fostering a naturalistic relationship with plants would aid in the development of that appreciation. The living world is the natural domain of the more restless and paradoxical part of the human spirit.