Full sun border

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Hello, I have an area of my garden below that gets full sun for most of the day. The previous owner planted several ferns and some lavender and a fennel there, but I would like to inject some height and colour. Can anyone recommend some plants to put here that would make the most of full sun?

Roses?

Hollyhocks would be tall and colourful, also my fennel gets over six feet high in summer (I cut it right back in spring) so allow space for it to get to full size.

A climber to clothe the fence. But that fence looks at bit insecure. Clematis Armando

Oooh and verbena bonariensis gets tall loves sun and self seeds

I hardly ever get my Verbena B to selfseed.

Sunny borders are enjoyed by stachys, eryngium, geranium, geum, phlox, poppies, Rosemary, lavender, Iris, thyme and sage, cotton lavender and anything that would like a gravel bed and isn’t fussy about soil.

Ferns won’t like it there. They prefer shade and a bit damp.

Thank you everyone, I am going to get a climbing rose to have on the fence. And will take a look at some seeds :)
The ferns have been there a long time according to the neighbour, which I find surprising as I know they prefer part shade.

@Pinkywoo I love hollyhocks! That's a great idea, thank you

You can mingle your climbers - rose and clematis are a classic combination.
I have passionflower on my sunny fence but it does take over if it gets going! You can chop it back quite happily.

Pyracantha is also excellent for pollinators (spring/summer tiny creamy flowers) and winter bird food (attractive berries) though a bit prickly.

@GarethSouthgatesWaistcoat thank you. I need to Invest in a clematis. Love the username 🤣

You're welcome! You have a nice amount of fence to experiment with