Plants that won't die

[Cannotgarden]

Can I have suggestions for a plant I can put in my front garden that will brighten it up? Currently have evergreen little trees and stones, it looks like a tiny cemetery. But as my name suggests gardening is not my forte. Can I have sugggestions for plants that don't need watering hugely, don't die unless run over with a car, and are pretty/colourful? Does this exist?

Fyi I've killed lavendar in the past

You need rockery plants/ alpines for general oomph

E.g creeping thyme, saxifrages, campanula

If you want low maintenance flowers year after year then I would then look at getting some aquilegias which are basically very pretty weeds and indestructible, along with phlox which is bushy and colourful in summer.

perhaps some jasmine, honeysuckle or clematis if you have anything they can climb?

Nasturtiums and dianthus also both cope well with dry soils.

Buddleia if it gets some sun.

I have an area in the front garden next to the car turning circle, which frequently gets run over. I have Scilla and polyanthus in the spring, vinca, euphorbia, Persicaria and Crainsbill geraniums growing there. It’s dry and in the shade of a privet hedge.

Aubretia is very pretty and take care of itself.

Put an (red leaved probably for preference and contrast to the greens) acer in there somewhere.

The trick to keeping plants alive with no attention is to only plant things that will be happy in the conditions you have to offer. So if your front garden is in blazing sunshine and the soil is free draining then there are plants that will be happy there. If it’s shady and the soil is claggy then different stuff will be happy. Lavender likes sunshine but a surprising amount of nutrition and water, so it’s actually not that hard to kill, dont blame yourself.

So what’s your garden got to offer?

To be fair, whatever it’s like cranesbills will probably be happy there.