Houseplant light map for British flats with awkward windows

North-facing rooms need different plants—not guilt.

Priya Nair
Leaf shapes against window grid
Editorial illustration · Book Leaves

Many UK flats offer sideways light and deep rooms. A simple light map—phone photos at 9am, 1pm, 5pm—beats buying another tropical plant destined for the compost.

Choose species for the room you have, then stop apologising to fiddle-leaf figs.

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