As autumn approaches, it's the perfect moment to reimagine your indoor plant displays. Whether you're styling a sunny windowsill, positioning plants by large sky lights to catch the season's softer light, or setting up a dedicated grow light bench, now is when your indoor garden truly can come alive.

If you want indoor colour during the winter months or something which is a bit more unusual, then a little bit of planning can set you up for a unique display.

For an extra pop of colour and scent during the wintertime, try combining two or three Streptocarpus 'Crystal Ice' plants in a shallow pot with some narcissus (daffodil) bulbs. It's a fun and easy way to add some personality to your indoor garden. Choose a variety of narcissus that is known for its scent such as N. 'Paper White'; this is a half-hardy variety so cannot be planted out in the springtime, the delicate white scented flowers appear in mid to late winter. Place the bulbs on a shallow layer of compost and fill in between with more compost until only the tips of the bulbs are exposed.

For extra interest, add a semi-trailing plant to break up the line of the pot. You could use a variegated nematanthus (clog plant). This is a less well-known relative of the streptocarpus. A good variety is Nematanthus gregarius 'Variegata', which has yellow and dark green foliage with dark orange clog shaped flowers.

The stemmed forms of streptocarpus make excellent flowering plants through the winter as they produce more flowers as the day length becomes shorter. Keep plants in a temperature range of 16°C to 25°C for a succession of blooms. Pot a Streptocarpus saxorum (compact) which is a trailing plant together with a variegated foliage plant like Chlorophytum comosum, a plant that is almost indestructible, to make a pot with movement and light coloured foliage. Streptocarpus caulescens pallescens is another stemmed streptocarpus that produces masses of pale lavender-pink flowers through the winter.

Hedera helix (English Ivy) is a low-maintenance plant that can thrive indoors as a cascading or climbing plant with the help of a sturdy frame. Its climbing ability is due to the production of aerial rootlets with clinging pads. For a quicker growth of a fuller plant, plant several ivies in a wide, shallow pot. To add interest, mix variegated ivies with plain green varieties. For example, Obovata, Parsley Crested and Marie Luise will give you a real mix of unusual shapes and textures.