How they lure and deceive, protect themselves and help each other. Usually we don’t think about this, but plants are forced to solve purely human problems every day. They need to eat well to grow, protect themselves from aggressors and competitors in order to survive, find a partner to continue the family line, and, ultimately, take care of their offspring. But how do plants that have neither a brain, nor nerves, nor muscle strength cope with such complex tasks? The latest discoveries demonstrate that plants have an analogue of the nervous system, their own muscles, and even... something like a brain! In the book of the German physicist, writer and TV presenter Volker Arzt, for the first time, it is clearly and fascinatingly told about how flowers, herbs, bushes and trees “come up” with new solutions to their everyday problems.