What can I plant in June?

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Morning all
I am a novice who could do with advice from seasoned gardeners.
Yesterday I spent the day digging a border in my west facing garden. It is sunny most of the day but does have some shade too. The area is quite windy and the soil alkaline.
I live in Dorset in a cottage so would like to have cottage garden plants. I like the look of lupins but wondered if they would be suitable due to the windy conditions and the height the can grow?
I have been researching plants but am driving myself mad it all seems so complicated!
What type of things can I plant now? Am looking for hardy perennials and possibly some annuals. Can I plant actual plants or should I just go for bulbs and seeds?
Please help a hopeless gardener!

You can plant herb.perrenials anytime of yr,but,your gonna have to water them regular esp.if it's dry.
My lupins are quite exposed & cope well,delphiniums are a different matter.
As for plants,try sedums,aqulligias,salvias,rudbeckias,echinaceas,Achilleas,roses,foxgloves,nepeta,the list is endless really,maybe a couple of shrubs for winter interest,& lots of bulbs,spring & summer flowering.

Thank you that sounds like good advice will check out your suggestions!

My experience with lupins is that they get utterly chewed when they are young by snails. You may be better off starting with some larger plants for those.

A this time of year I would plant plants in pots, keep them well watered over the summer. You can then add bulbs and seeds of hardy plants in the autumn, and more seeds in spring.

There aren't that many plants that won't do well in a garden like yours, provided you match the exact spot with the plant's requirements - choose places where the water tends to accumulate and which are more sheltered for moisture loving plants, put more drought tolerant things in the sunnier drier spots and so on.