Tag: Old-Fashioned Parlor Plants

Houseplants are so ubiquitous today that we sometimes pay them scarce attention--and yet raising plants in the home is a relatively recent concept, for which we can thank the Victorians.
They commonly kept a space called a parlor as their best room, used for entertaining guests and displaying family heirlooms and treasures. Such rooms were often decorated with plants, which thus became known as parlor plants.