As well as Bluebells

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Can I start by saying I'm not a gardener in any sense of the word.
However I have a small section alongside my drive which has some herbs, Lavender and a rose bush, an area about 0.5m by 2.5m has bluebells in they are pretty much wild and look great, however by this time of year they have died back and just rot away, so I have two questions firstly is it okay to clear out the leaves and stems that are left after the actual bluebells have finished (part of me thinks I should leave it to compost back into the soil), and secondly is there something I can put in there so that for the rest of the year it doesn't just look like bare earth.

Margorie Fish was a gardener and writer who was credited with the phrase - if in doubt plant a geranium. I think that might be what you are after. Rozanne is very popular because it flowers over a long period and the blue flowers should look nice with your other plants. It’s not too tall and floppy like some other geraniums.

As with all bulbs, the leaves should be left to decay on the plant, as the goodness goes back into feeding the bulb.

But once the leaves have gone yellow or brown they can be removec

I just leave them til they fall off on their own. Looks a bit untidy, but with planting in between, the dying leaves don't notice so much.

I’d agree that hardy Cranesbill Geraniums, there are many varieties, are the way to go. I’ve planted several under next door’s leyllandi hedge, to brighten it up.
They spread and different varieties will give you a long flowering time, Rozanne, Johnson’s Blue and Anne Foulkard are good. A Good so reading one is Czakor, it’s scented and flowers early. My bluebells grow through the Geraniums.