Finally given the garden an overhaul - new grass, lovely patio, new flowerbeds. The beds are a bit empty at the moment as we only kept a few plants from old garden that seemed to do well, even without much effort from us! We have replanted them pretty much where they were before, or as close as possible.
I would like lots of colour but have no eye for design! Everything we've kept seems to be varying shades of red. What do you think would work in the spaces we have?
Pic 1 - both the hydrangea and Rose are shades of pink. Would something in shades of blue/purple work in between or would that still be too samey? Gets the sun in the morning until about 11am.
Pic 2 - have never known what this is but develops a lovely reddish colour during the summer. Lots of space in this bed but don't know what to put in. In sunshine until about midday/early afternoon in height of summer.
Pic 3 - Garnet acer tree. Want to give the roots plenty of room so only thinking about putting something in each corner. Because of the angle of the sun, the earth itself has sunshine from about 10 in the morning til 3 or 4pm. Right hand corner gets the longest sun.
We already have penstemon in pots and in the front garden so would like something different (although I do love penstemon!)
Any ideas/advice gratefully received.