Love dahlias but can't be faffed with digging them up for winter and replanting. Gladiolis are pretty but tend to need staking. I'm looking to fill out a sunny border, so am planning on buying a few more daffs and crocus's for spring colour but then I'm stuck for summer interest. I used to have rudbeckia and salvia but they seem to have died off after a few years for no obvious reason (maybe very hot summer followed by cold winter)? I'd like something that will flower until early Autumn ideally.
Crocosmia seems to thrive a bit further over in my 'wilder' border, but I'd like to plant something slightly less thuggish as this is a smaller space. I'm in Yorkshire, so ideally something relatively frost resistant.
TIA