Help please gardeners! What can I plant now?

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What can I bung in now?
Garden is a mix of very sunny snd quite shady areas.

what kind of soil do you have questions?

Sorry, hit post too soon!

What kind of soil do you have?

Post a pic of one or two of the exact spots you need up fill? And perhaps one of the whole garden?

It's not too late to see seeds. I've only just sown annuals and veg.

Go to a garden centre and see what looks good. Decide if you want perennial (die back in winter but come back every year - may leave pretty seed heads over winter) or annual - just die back. Or evergreen - there all the time.

Check eventual size and whether it likes sun or shade.

Good tip is to see what is doing well in neighbour's garden.

What type of soil do you have, stuff that does well on clay might not do well on chalk.

Lavender is very good for a sunny spot.

Almost anything can be planted now. The question is, what sort of plants do you like, and what will grow well where you live? It would help to know what part of the country you’re in and how cold the winters are. Are you starting with a blank slate or do you have some existing plants/trees in the garden to work around? Do you know what sort of look you’d like to create e.g tropical, cottage garden, woodland, prairie etc?

It is by no means too late to start anything, whether planting new plants or sowing seeds! Gardening wise everything is really only starting now.

As to what to plant, that really is a how long is a piece of string question.

Many of the plant websites will have good advice sections, and filters which allow to choose plants according to different conditions (sun/shade, containers or bed, colours, annuals perennials shrubs, final size etc). Have a look at Farmer Gracy, Crocus, Sarah Raven.

Where do you live?

Sorry, whereabouts do you live?

Pretty much anything can be bought and planted out now, except things like summer bedding and tomatoes which still need protection from late frosts.