What is your favourite plant in your garden ?

[NomDePlume]

Yes, it's another NDP gardening thread... I moved house a few months ago and inherited a completely blank canvas, literally nothing but grass. We've had a landscaper in to do the groundworks - shaping the lawn and creating beds, also adding a nice big barked play space at the end of the garden where the big trampoline will go when it arrives. I now have the bare bones of a garden, but not one single plant aside from grass (is grass a plant ?! I guess it must be).

I'm keen but clueless when it comes to gardening and the thought of designing a planting scheme from scratch is pretty overwhelming, so I'm after a bit of inspiration.

So, what is your favourite plant ?

Hubbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb, my budget is pretty small. All your ideas just tempt me to spend, spend, spend.....

Magnolia, I thought a magnolia tree was a plant. I thought 'plant' was the generic term for the green things that grow in the garden...

i didnt now whether the plant refered to tall tree like things or lower level plants (height)ie tulips, panseys etc if you see what I mean.

pansy!

We moved here a year ago and decided not to change anything in that year and see what came up. We've been a bit dissappointed with parts of the garden, but like you don't have a huge budget. Could we scratch each others backs? IE I've got loads of bamboo - I don't have the faintest idea of how you'd cultivate it, I'm sure you can't take cuttings, but if there is a way I'd be happy for you to have some. MN plant swap?