Stuck on the usual ‘flowers or chocolates’ dilemma? Why not find some inspiration in the garden this Mother’s Day, and treat the woman who knows you best to everything from decorative twine to wind chimes, seed collections or serious tools.

Here’s our round-up of some of the best mum-friendly gardening gifts.

Under

£5 If you’re on a strict budget, what about some pretty candle holders? These bird tealight holders from Crocus (£4.99, www.crocus.co.uk) are unfussy, would suit a contemporary or traditional setting, come in two finishes - zinc plated and white gloss powder coated - and you can use them outside or indoors.

If your mother doesn’t want to be a slave to watering her pots, treat her to the new AquaDeco globe from Hozelock.

A hand-made glass globe that acts as both a decorative and functional feature, you simply make a hole in the compost, fill the globe with water and place the neck of it into the soil.

Through capillary action, the plant will absorb the quantity of water it needs. Available in six different colours and widely available from DIY stores, leading garden centres and specialist retailers, priced £4.99 or £12.99 for a pack of three.

Colour-themed seeds presented in eye-catching cubes are the latest idea from Mr Fothergill’s, reflecting the continuing demand from gardeners for mixed flowers.

The cubes are available in four colours - Vibrant Red, Vibrant Yellow, Cool Blue and Cool White - and contain quick-to-flower hardy annual mixtures which will cover up to 10 square metres per cube and allow gardeners either to ‘pick and mix’ or colourtheme their beds, borders and containers. £2.95 each or £5 for two, visit www.mrfothergills.co.uk

Under £15

For a gift that keeps on giving, buy a premium quality David Austin English Rose.

Available in six colour options, the rose comes wrapped in a pretty box and is available from your local David Austin stockist or garden centre, priced £14.99 (www.davidaustinroses.com/ 01902 376300).

If your mum likes a natural setting, check out Crocus’s new cork fern pots, made from environmentally friendly cork bark. Once cork oak trees are about 25 years old, the old bark is stripped from their trunks, every nine years, and the trees continue to live and grow. The old bark is used to produce these flower pots (£14.99, www.crocus.co.uk), ideal for ferns and other native plants and for creating a woodland feel to the garden.

A pretty addition to any patio table, or even an indoor one, is this parasol tealight holder from Homebase (£9.99, www.homebase.co.uk), which has a contemporary and space-saving design along with citronella candles to help keep insects away.

Attractive striped twine in a gift box makes a pleasant and pretty change from boring green gardening string.

Each 200m spool, £5.95 or buy a boxed set of five 50m twines in a variety of colours for £38.95 (www.burgonandball.co.uk)

Under £20

Don’t just give one present, give a whole box! This stylish Sussex trug gift set (£17.99, www.crocus.co.uk) is packed with gloves, garden twine, raffia and flower scissors, and should please any greenfingered enthusiast.

For all your mum’s bits and bobs, including labels, pencils, scissors and string, these gardener’s gubbins tins come in deck egg, soft grey or galvanised.

From the new collection of Sophie Conran tools and accessories for Burgon & Ball, £19.95, www.burgonandball.com.

To create an ethereal atmosphere, buy a beautiful Cole & Bright changing windchime light featuring a crackle glass globe with four metal windchimes.

Made from steel and glass, it comes with an AA battery and is available, priced £19.99, from garden centres across the country.

For stockists visit www.gardman.co.uk.

Over £20

Wildflowers are so popular at the moment, and a Wild Flower Seed Starter Pack from the Seed Pantry can help mum on her way. The kit contains five different types of wild flower seeds - field poppies, yarrow, musk mallow, camomile and wallflowers - which can be planted from March to July. The kit includes easy-to-follow instructions and a handy notes pencil, bio-degradable rice husk pots, coir seed trays, organic compost and an oak dibblet. Offered at the introductory price of £24.50 (until March 31) from www.seedpantry.co.uk.

Good quality gardening tools will always be welcomed and as spring is here and pruning needs to be done, what about a new set of loppers. The latest range from Fiskars are light, smooth and cut tough hedges like butter. For thicker cuts, go for Fiskars new SmartFit Telescopic lopper (£49.99, www.fiskars.co.uk /0115 9277 335), they have extension buttons on the handles and blades made from carbon steel, they’re also lightweight and sturdy.