Gap to fill

[antwaki]

This gap was left by previous owner who removed some shrubs. There is a lilac above starting at around 5ft and two nice plants either side (think one is a Philadelphus?). At the front of the border are a patch of geraniums but what to put in the middle? Obviously quite a lot of elder weeds sprouting up too which I'll remove if it ever stops raining!

The plant to the left is a Choisya ‘ Mexican Orange Plant’. It will have scented white flowers in the summer. Perhaps you could plant something like a Chaenomeles, ornamental Quince. They have red/pink or White flowers before the leaves and are in flower round about now. They would give spring colour.
Re the ground elder, I have a patch kindly left by the previous owner. I’m combatting it by continual digging out and removing any scraps of root.
Seems to be working as there’s far less now. I don’t it ever really goes completely.

Thanks JT I'll have a look at a quince. And good to know it's a choysia. There is quite a bit of elder at the backs of all the beds but I do the same by just pulling it out as much as I can.