What can I plant by my front door-easy care and smells nice???

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I'm generally terrible at looking after plants. I can kill them by just walking into the garden it would seem but I would really like to have a colourful, lots of flowers and easy to care for plant by front door.
There's lots of raised flowerbeds out there and a blank space to the left of the doot which is crying out for some colour.
The front gets lots of sun for most of the day (apparently that counts!!? )

Please help. With links to pics if poss

Lavender?

Thanks midnightexpress but there's something about Lavender that I don't like. I know it's unreasonable and I can't put my finger on it!
I'm looking for something that flowers for many months....help please!

There's another thing called Lavender cotton that has lovely yellow flowers in July and is grey-green otherwise. Can't link sorry, ask in garden centre or look up on BBC plantfinder.

Geraniums and ivy are easy peasy but don't smell

These are great, thank you. Any more?

I have something lush in my garden that has flowered since I planted it but I cannot find out what it is called.
Lots of flowers do need regular dead heading etc to get the best though..
Will have a think..

rosemary smells great, honeysuckle, jasmine
gorse even maybe- grows anywhere, and smells heavenly
Buddleia smells great, or lilac if you have a lot of rooom

Thanks WowOoo

ceanothus too looks great for colour, dont know about smell

any smelly herb should be fine.

We have rosemary, thyme and sage near our front door and it smells fantastic

Thanks EPPM, you're giving me some great ideas-I'm looking them all up!

I have something lush in my garden that has flowered since I planted it but I cannot find out what it is called.
Lots of flowers do need regular dead heading etc to get the best though..
Will have a think..

Roesmary is great idea. Looks lovely ourple flowers now and great for fresh erbs on your doorstep. Will grow if left to a huge bush though eventually! Put it in a pot in ground?

MAy I ask where the heck do you get gorse from? Do you just pull it up from the wild? It's lovely and yellow everywhere now, but isn't it just prickly otherwise?

I have sage out there which is lovely. There's also mint so Rosemary would be a great idea..is there a specific type that flowers nicely?
Thanks for the ideas all.

How much space have you got .. Rosemary is a shrub really, can get a bit large & leggy after a few years (though I must admit I do love it). Any type from garden centre will do.

Marjoram is good, as is thyme - you will have to cut back to ground level in autumn though. It's the leaves that smell, but flowers are irrestistible to bees & butterflies

Sorry Wowooo no idea where you get gorse...
we have loads at work, and it smells heavenly walking to the canteen each day

catmint? a bit naff maybe, but smells nice, and nice colours

Is this the gorse you mean?
It's lovely isn't it!

Have you got space for a trellis or wigwam for climbing plants? I'd second the vote for honeysuckle or jasmine and you could top it up in summer with sweet peas.

If you like gorse, how about broom? No prickles, and loads of lovely yellow flowers at this time of year. you can also get lovely varieties with rusty coloured or peachy coloured flowers.

broom I'll see if I can find a better pic.

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myrtle is a compact shrub with nice smelly leaves .
In the winter time ,what about having a winter ,but the perfume is really strong ,particularly on cold bright winterdays.You could mix it in with other seaonal plants to have fragrance all year round.

Thats winter flowering honeysuckle.

Thanks for all of these sugestions, they're great.
I'm googling all the suggestions and am spoilt for choice!