Let’s get straight to the point. My main rule for success is to go for robust plants, and fortunately there are quite a few to choose from. The second most important consideration is, as a general rule, to select plants that can survive what I call the “three months of death”: November, December and January. In Norway, this is the season when we have very short days and natural light is a scarce commodity, and as a result a lot of houseplants die. Even the UK, which is slightly further south, has only just over seven hours of daylight on the shortest day. So how can you get your plants to survive, and even thrive, all year round?
