More recently, however, “plant whisperers” – super-sensitive plant lovers who talk to their lettuce seedlings or play Mozart for the orchids – have been much maligned. Even Prince Charles, a fanatic gardener, says he has been called “loony this, loony that” for his habit of talking with trees and plants. This modern form of plant whispering came onto the cultural scene in the 1960s and ’70s, in large part due to The Secret Life of Plants, a bes
