Can I show off a little bit please?

[Crikeyblimey]

We moved to a new house a couple of years ago and had nothing but a boring square of grass. We had a patio laid and got a teeny greenhouse (mostly for DH’s chilli plants).

Well this year I have demanded gardening takes place.

First pic is ‘the beginning’ on good Friday. Today we have narrowed and forked in 900 litres of compost and I’ve actually planted stuff 😁💐

I am very tired and ridiculously happy.

Any suggestions of what else to plat gratefully received.

Thanks all - my back is killing me today

Cheers for all the suggestions. The good thing about having lived here a couple of years and ‘waited’ is I know where the sun goes and where it is wetter and dryer.

Next plan is to make a spreadsheet (gotta love a spreadsheet) and map out when plants will be at their most interesting to make sure I’ve got something all year. As I said earlier, unless a plant is ridiculously gorgeous or has sentimental value (like the lilac I’ve bought) it has to earn its keep with either long interest or 2 seasons of ‘good’.

All I wanted to do today at work was come home and look at it!

I have officially become middle aged

Viburnums and jasmine for scent, deutzia for the bees, weigelia for colour and for the bees.

Lots of geraniums and lemon balm for ground cover.

Pieris is a nice bushy plant, with white flowers, then stunning red coloured new leaves grow on top of the older green leaves.
I’m a ‘random’ (and reluctant) gardener, choose bushes for their bee, butterfly and bird friendly qualities, then some cheap bedding plants for annual colour, especially in pots and containers, and plant bulbs in autumn for early spring/summer flowers.
Also suggest a birdbath and bird feeders.

@Crikeyblimey I once knocked my mates back going to the pub for a few wines one evening as I wanted to get my bedding plants in pots. I knew then that middle age had taken me hostage 😏

I’ve done some more planting and am trying to ensure I’ve got interest through the year.

Climbers are next although I’ve just planted a climbing rose!! The Mr needs to sort the support wires out before I go mad with clematis and honeysuckle.

It does all look a bit ‘green’ right now so need to think of a bit more colour without breaking the budget.

I’m not really looking for comments, thought I’d use this thread as a bit of a diary kind of thing but I have a small west facing border that’s in full sum the majority of the day. I’d like it to be ‘hot’ and fragrant so any suggestions welcome.