Gardening

Using some resilient evergreen foliage you can create a ‘living’ wreath and forget about the plastic alternatives

Highly destructive box tree moth caterpillar overwinters in cocoons before emerging in spring to feed voraciously on foliage and stems

With a challenging garden weed, control, rather than eradication, might be the best approach

Look to sweet peas, with their fleeting beauty, delicious tomatoes, and a spring flowering delight like magnolia or cherry blossom

Knotted coils and jungled branches in the garden remind me there is work to do. Work I can’t put it off much longer, now there is real air, brightness and regeneration out there

Trees are impressively resilient and often do bounce back

It’s a new and exciting chapter for these Waterford gardens - where even a U2 band member has a flower named after him

An espalier-trained fruit tree is a fine option but it requires some work and a degree of patient pruning and training

Create raised flower beds, use it as a weed-suppressant or for no-dig cut-flower beds

The woolly aphid can quickly disfigure a plant and leave it vulnerable to disease

Hardiness can vary dramatically within a single genus, with certain species and/or varieties much more resilient than others

Fionnuala Fallon: Each tiny white bloom of this very special flower is a promise made good

Wait until March/April to put your secateurs to work on this decadent plant

Opting for fast-growing varieties that can be dried will make for a beautiful display