Back Yard Blues

[NotAMammy]

Well, less blues and more blind optimism but I'm hoping you lovely lot can help.
We've recently bought our first house and although it overlooks a lovely allotment, giving us the impression of having acres of front garden, we actually only have a small back yard. We have a separate allotment for actual veg growing and a small corner for some pollinator-friendly flowers, but I'd like to brighten up our backyard too.

It's all concrete so I can only use planters. It's east facing, with walls on all four sides, so gets some sun but mostly partial shade/shady. There is the remains of a netty/outhouse too so plenty of walls to climb up.

I currently have a baby bay tree, baby hydrangea, some bedding plants, some pansies (thanks to the old owner) and some sweetpea in various pots. I also regularly have catshit in the pots thanks to next door's mog.

Does anyone have any suggestions of what to plant where? Ideally I'd like to plant for colour, scent and wildlife-friendliness.

thanks

DH has overruled painting the walls.
We went to a massive garden centre near us today and I am completely filled with the wants. I also realised that some of the yard gets way more sun in the day time than I thought, so that's a positive.
I definitely think a mixture of trellis and containers is going to be the way to go, with a mixture of interesting foliage and flowers. And solar lights.

Bad DH !
I don't know if it's any help but I've recently fixed guttering to disguise an ugly fence .

Could you do that with a mix of hanging baskets on the wall? You could have summer flowery stuff in the baskets and evergreen stuff in the winter .

The guttering is shallow ( about 4" I think ) ,I've planted with thyme ,mint ,seedums and sempervariums . I have seedums that trail and grow fast .( and could post you bits of them ,they just break off and grow ! )

The guttering isn't expensive ( and indeed I have a lot of end stops left over you can have ! ) and is easy enough to put up .But the plants ,grit ,compost etc do add up .

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/gardening/2899860-an-experiment

Actually ,looking at your pic again .I think guttering would be too hard edged and that trellis would indeed look better .

As you were !

Just seen this and it made me think of you