Not just for December: The reason why she should grow more houseplants all year round

They’re the best air purifiers around so we should grow more houseplants all year round, says Peter Dowdall.

Most homes will have at least one plant if not many growing in a pot indoors during the Christmas period. Poinsettias, orchids, Christmas cacti and indoor cyclamens will be omnipresent over the next month or so. They are now, thankfully, as much a part of Christmas as the tree and the turkey.