plant parent

For those of us who find children too exhausting, and fur babies almost as bad, there is a solution. The house plant. You can become a proud plant parent of a living creature that is not demanding, is there to welcome you when you come home, and provides opportunities for you to show off or compare notes with other plant parents.  It seems that the person who tends to plants in the comparative wilderness of the backyard is sill a gardener.  Plant parents specialise in house plants.