An excess of houseplants in a small apartment can be oppressive.
在一套狭小公寓里放过多的室内植物会给人压抑感。
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They laughed aloud in 1986 when the heir to British throne told a TV reporter that he talked to his plants at his country house, Highgrove, to stimulate their growth.