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cyclamen' or 'winter hardy cyclamen' or something similar. With its classic, dark green foliage richly patterned with silvery white decorations and stunning flowers, it certainly holds a lot of appeal. But how hardy are they? Although I live in the south

at that". Bob Flowerdew and I were particularly enthusiastic about the sight: a two or three foot tall mound of foliage which, at first glance, was covered in what appeared to be elegant white flower clusters. It looked gorgeous. But as soon as our

I've had a great few years growing an extraordinary range of vegetable crops for my series 'Veg With Pippa' in Gardeners' World Magazine. The results of my vegetable trials have often been fascinating, and on more than one occasion I've been

mental note not to make any next year. The plants have been looking stunning for a few weeks, the flowers so densely packed along the leaf-free stems that they clothe them almost entirely in white blossom. It may be sold in garden centres and nurseries

tree is under discussion again, with only one of us voting for the chainsaw option. Today I'm determined to make that voter change his fatherly mind. You see, the tree is now in blossom, covered from head to mis-shapen toe with gorgeous white, pink

yielded some pleasant surprises. We bought some beautiful and inexpensive cyclamen, which came in a variety of colours, including rich velvety red, pure white and a lovely flamingo pink. My children demanded that we bought a variegated orange

to the tops. Even in the dark, visitors can see the marked edges of the drive and avoid trampling on my daffodils.But this year I've been spectacularly disorganised. I feel like the white rabbit in Alice in Wonderland, checking my watch every five minutes

The first really hard frost hit this morning. The garden was so white it almost looked as if it was covered with snow. It was gorgeous to look at but pretty miserable for some of the less hardy plants. But when I went into the greenhouse to grab

at the weekend, it was plain to see that the local slugs were showing no signs of slowing down. I uncovered several large clumps of their eggs; clear or slightly off-white spheres, each about 1-2mm in diameter (pictured, above). I gathered the eggs up in a pot

surprised to find that when the kids and I went to a local Pick Your Own farm, we discovered that their summer-fruiting raspberries were also rather iffy.The creamy white-brown larvae may be anything up to 7 or 8mm long, and although they’re not always easy