I think the plant in the play is used as a visual prop representing hope for African Americans at that time, but Mama is the only one to see it. Ruth and Beneatha can only see an old dying weed. It's only Mama who sees its potential. In the end scene, Mama comes back into the empty apartment to bring her plant with her. So not only is the family moving away to bigger and better things, the plant remains alive. I guess now that I really think about it, it isn't really the same level. But it needs to compare somehow, right? There is something significant about the plant!
If it doesn't directly relate to the family, then it relates to the struggle of African Americans in the late fifties.
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