Need ideas for seasonal flowers in garden

[PsychotriaElata]

I've just had my new build garden all planted up with trees and shrubs. I now need to think about planting bulbs so I have flowers throughout the seasons. Since I haven't a clue I'd appreciate some inspiration.

I like flowers that look like wild flowers (meadow like) and I also love strong colours. I'd like my garden to have something colourful all year round. At the moment it is just trees and lots of small bushes. The ground is very clay based.

I'd love to hear your Ideas.

Clay soil will eventually rot bulbs, so before planting anything I’d dig in lots of grit and humus. This will encourage better drainage.
Daffodils, alliums and tulips will be available to plant in the Autumn. If you want snowdrops and grape hyacinths it is better to buy them in pots, around January February time and plant them in your garden. They do better planted when growing. As the soil warms you could look at summer flowering bulbs such as lilies and Gladioli. There are also summer flowering Allium.
In shady spots Anemones do well. Also for spring colour there are primulas that come in a variety of strong colours and are widely available as plants.

Meant to say, when I had difficulty with bulbs in the soil, I planted them in large pots and then when they flowered put the pots on the flower bed, disguised by other shrub foliage.

Japanese anemones are great.

They come in white or purple, grow pretty much everywhere and are a good size.

Columbines grow like mad and spread, lots of colours and shapes.

In spring you can scatter Cerinthe Major seeds, very easy and pretty with lovely fresh green folliage.

One tip I heard was to visit garden centre each month and buy something in flower, then you eventually get all year colour.