Super quick flower bed

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We have a shady corner of our garden, a failed attempt at a veg patch. Now looking to sell quickly.

Is there anything I can quickly grow that'll make it look less of a mud hole?

I was looking into those meadow flower mix boxes but they seem to take months to flower.

Probably easiest to buy some cheap bedding plants (you can get collections of plants very cheaply online or garden centres - I just bought 18 for £10 from Suttons)?

I've used one of those wildflower mixes before and you mostly end up with lots of weeds!

Garden centre for stuff that’s already growing - bedding plants won’t be that happy in shade but will do OK to hide mud short term. If you want something longer term maybe a couple of indestructible shrubs - hydrangeas, or if they have some camellias going over and going cheap. Absolutely definitely not seed boxes of wild flowers, they can be really difficult to get going.

Thanks! Shrubs are a good shout, going to look at grasses too

I'd go for vinca; good ground cover and do well in the shade. The foliage is interesting, and it's in flower now.
www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/208929/Vinca-minor-Ralph-Shugert-(v)/Details

I love them grouped like this knitted 😍

You could get a few nice pots and fill with plants that you could take to your new garden. Things like hostas, skimmia, ferns would make a nice display in a shady corner.