Autumn/winter bedding plants ideas

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I have several large planters outside the front door with daffodil bulbs in. In spring they look lovely but the rest of the year they look odd, just empty planters full of soil. I'm after something I can plant now that will add a bit of life to them but will die back before the daffodils come through.

Does such a plant exist?

I haven't actually done this yet but have it bookmarked to try one day.
Lasagne planting www.gardeningetc.com/design/bulb-lasagne-ideas

General idea is what you describe, layering bulbs (like lasagne) so they grow and flower at different times.

Thank you. I love the idea of a bulb lasagne. That site also suggests pansies for winter and says they'll die back before the daffs come in. I'll get some of those and some bulbs to go under the daffs to come through for late spring/early summer.

EX-H always did the garden, so I'm a bit lost and ended up with an overgrown jungle this year that I'm trying to get on top of. He wasn't the best gardener but kept it mostly cut back and under control.

Up to now, I have got the grass looking 110% better but Google says this is an ongoing project that will take a few years. I have planted some heather in the flower bed under the bushes in the front garden bed and added clover and buttercups to the grass for the bees.

I’ve got some planters with a small euonymus and bulbs to give evergreen interest, but they’ve also caught some Verbena Bonariensis seeds so they’re putting on a good show at the moment too.

I currently grow for a farm shop. We have pansies, viola, Bellis, forgetmenot, primulas and wall flower growing on/ in shop at moment

I have permanent plants in some of my windowboxes with spring bulbs - dwarf narcissi, tulips (species and hybrid), crocus, cyclamen and ipheion. When the leaves die back, I sow/plant annuals such as poppies, cosmos, nasturtiums, nicotiana. In other windowboxes, I have permanent perennials such as sedums, rosemary, and other ones with just bedding geraniums and linaria. Atm, the nasturtiums, geranium, nicotiana are slowing down now with all the rain and cold we've been getting. Soon, I'll yank them out. Replace with more bulbs like iris reticulata and some wild primroses.