Ahead of spring gardening season, I rounded up the best places to buy plants online, according to gardening experts and NBC Select editors. Shop plants from retailers like Easyplant, Logee’s ...

In our guide to the best house plants, Bloombox Club’s snake plant laurentii (£36.95, Bloomboxclub.com) was featured for both its eye-catching spikey leaves and its ability to purify air.

It’s a myth you almost wish hadn’t been busted. Houseplants, though charming, do little to purify the air in a room, say the scientists who study the air we breathe.