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: the desolation and heartbreak are soon forgotten.A large copper beech in my mother-in-law's garden fell over in February: this was a tree under which my children had crawled and we had eaten many, many Sunday lunches. It seemed that life would never be the same

shafted spade that I've had for many years and a very heavy metal spike that are perfect for digging up large plants or making holes in the rockier parts of the garden.3. My trowels - partly because they were all given to me by people, so have good

grey leaves and slightly curved lemony white flowers. Only for the very warmest and most sheltered gardens. Does well on limey soils.M. grandiflora - a later flowering variety with magnificent glossy green leaves and creamy flowers. Excellent on a large

stop to our normal November gardening routine. I would usually be spending jolly weekends doing a bit of light tidying, collecting the last of the autumn leaves and planting the last of the tulip bulbs. Instead we have been shoveling snow out

plants (there was a particularly striking group of them in Tom Hoblyn's Chelsea garden in 2009). These have slippery sides into which insects fall and are then digested by the fluid at the base of the pitcher. There are large colonies growing in both

A fortnight ago I wrote about bamboos, and how they are used in Asia. I admit that this was a little indulgent and not completely relevant to your gardens. Still, occasionally it is good to wander off the straight and narrow.However, some of your

One of the most important jobs at this time of year does not involve anything particularly energetic or creative. It does not require you to rush to the garden centre, lug large bags of anything, get even slightly dirty or even break a sweat