Gardening advice

[Keepingitreal07]

Hi there, I'm a complete novice gardener and mum of a 4 year old and 1 year old who still wakes at night and returning to work part time so overall energy levels low. But got narrow flower bed in lovely garden that is bare bar weeds. Advice please on what to plant that is hardy as kids likely to chuck ball round it and low maintenance but colourful and will come back each year. Thanks fellow mummies and daddies

Crainsbill Geraniums and Hebe are virtually indestructible. Both come in a variety of leaf shade, from bright green to dark purple. They also have flowers in shades from white through pink and blue, to dark purple.
Different varieties ( of each plant ) flower at different times of the year.
Spirea is another plant that has a variety of forms.
All of these look after themselves.
Buddleia would be good for height.

Fantastic so glad I posted on here thanks very much

Be careful with Geraniums, lots of people are allergic to them both me and DH and 3 of my dc are allergic to them, we get hives and eczema when we've been in contact with it. They smell a bit odd too.

I would say saxifrage and alyssum are colourful and hardwearing when dc jump all over them. They should come back year on year and are easy to grow.

I have a lot of herbs that take a good battering from the pets. Mint is good and very easy to lose control of grow. Sage and lavender too plus rosemary will all grow easily and take being trampled on but again be careful with them as herbs are like geraniums and can irritate the skin if you have sensitive skin. Camomile is very dense low growing with small white flowers.

Ok thanks will check compatibility with sun light in garden but all look gorgeous on Google images feeling quite inspired