Florists may be busy in the run-up to Mother’s Day, but with a little forethought you can buy your mum a present which will last much longer than a bouquet of flowers.

Garden centres, nurseries and online retailers are awash with Mother’s Day gifts, from soft-handled secateurs to pretty kneeling cushions and pampering hand creams.

Even those on the tightest budget can bag a gift which will give pleasure for years to come. Pop into Poundland and pick up a shrub or fruit bush for just a quid, ranging from roses and escallonias to blueberries and potentillas.

A plethora of garden ornaments are on offer in the shops, but among the prettiest are some stainless steel dragonflies, available for £15.95 each from Home2Garden (home2garden.co.uk), which come on a 50cm spring wire.

Keen vegetable growers may want to extend their repertoire to more unusual veg, so why not buy your mother something she hasn’t grown before, such as mushrooms? You can buy a white button mushroom kit, available for £5.99, from Greenfingers. com (0845 345 0728).

For a more personalised gift, have a message put on to a lovely apple crate planter, available for £39.99 from Gettingpersonal.co.uk. The gift can be used for planting up bright and cheerful blooms or simply used as a novelty hamper for other gifts or a storage solution for indoors.

Gardeners can never have too many gloves, but the Showa Floreo 370 lightweight nylon glove takes some beating. Available for £6.99 from M Store, (mstore.co.uk, 0845 370 1045), the gloves have a nitrile-coated palm to keeps your hand protected while being thin enough to perform intricate tasks in the garden.

Instead of a throwaway bouquet, why not spoil your mum with something that she can enjoy year in year out? Buy something original like an almond tree, one of a range of trees and plants available from Focus DIY for £19.99.

If your mum loves clipping hedges or creating perfectly shaped balls or pyramids out of evergreen shrubs, soft pink topiary and trimming shears from Burgon & Ball give her a stylish way to do it. Available for £19.95 from Burgon & Ball, (burgonandball.com) these chears, hand forged in Sheffield, have soft pink handles and come in an attractive co-ordinating gift box.