Some plant ideas please.....

Saxifrages are good, they are clump forming but low, and pretty in the spring. I’ve got lots of the London Pride variety in my garden, which is really pretty. Pinks are also lovely and smell beautiful, as long as you give them an annual haircut. You could also try heather, depending on your soul type. Good luck!

Thanks for those ideas - clump-forming is what I have in mind. I am making a list.

Dark blue trailing campanula, hardy and only requires a haircut now and again to stop it spreading too much.

Some periwinkle? Low growing Hebe -Wingletye I think.

Ceanothus concha? they seem to cope well in small spaces and are a beautiful blue

How about Alchemilla Mollis?
I just love the leaves that catch rain drops and the dew. They should also clump up.

Erigeron can become a real thug , I spent some time this week yanking it out where I don’t want it ! It is very pretty though . I like Hukera ( spelling ?)

I have ceanothus and hebes in my raised beds. They've done well. Lavender was lovely at first but three years later it died off. Rosemary etc might be good.

Alchemilla can be an absolute nightmare if it likes your garden!
You might like to watch Your Garden Made Perfect on BBC2 for ideas…..though the amount of money some people have to spend is eye watering!

For me it's Heucheras all the way! Lovely coloured leaves (in winter too) and spikes of flowers beloved by bees. I've got at least 10 in various colours and they give me enormous pleasure all through the year.

I have inherited periwinkles here and they grow incredibly quickly. If they were next to a path they could become a trip
hazard.
Some hardy geraniums are evergreen. Also bergenias (elephants’ ears), some of which turn rich red in the winter (the smaller leaved varieties are easier to keep tidy), stachys (lambs’ ears) with furry silvery leaves and the shorter forms of euphorbia.

Lamium is low growing and comes in several varieties, including a variegated version.
Ameria, thrift is also very pretty forms clumps and is easy to grow.

Luckygirl, whatever you plant, please think about supporting bees, butterflies and insects. The world needs these and they are declining. There's lots of helpful information online.

Last summer I tried marjoram at the edge of a path. The flowers were beautiful and the bees loved them. It’s survived well over the winter (mild midlands winter). I’m hoping it remains compact, and planning to add more plants to it this summer. It could prove to be a useful low edging plant.

I’ve also used alchemilla mollis (lady’s mantle) as an edging plant, and love it but it disappears in winter.

Heather is nice too, but my garden is so full of clay that it really only does well in pots here.

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Another lover of Heucheras here, along with border geraniums, my favourite being Rozanne for its long flowering season.

I love Rozanne too but it disappears without trace in winter.

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We're going to have to take out our lavender hedge as it looks such a mess, half dead in winter and it flops all over the place when flowering. It was supposed to be Hidcote which is neater but was wrongly labelled.
My heucheras got eaten at the root. A pity, because I really like them

Hellebores?

We like fuschias but they aren't evergreen. They can be used as low hedging and will flower right up until about December.

Penstemons unless they're too tall?

Geraniums (not pelargoniums) such as Rozanne are long flowering and colourful - thanks shysal, I've planted some since saw them in your post ages ago.

Last summer I tried marjoram at the edge of a path. The flowers were beautiful and the bees loved them. It’s survived well over the winter (mild midlands winter). I’m hoping it remains compact, and planning to add more plants to it this summer. It could prove to be a useful low edging plant.

I have marjoram and oregano in the herb garden and one of them (or both) has spread all over the garden, in the lawn, flowerbeds, everywhere. It's a thug.

Don’t forget the spring bulbs! I just bought some extra potted tête-à-tête daffodils from Crocus as I always want more. Instant clumps of sunshine, more expensive than buying dry bulbs but they have 30% off at present. Also perfect time to get some snowdrops and aconites in the green.

That reminds me - something has nipped all the flowers off my crocus and left them lying on the lawn!!

Thinking back to my last house, I had alpine strawberries in my raised bed.
Also thyme, variegated mint & golden marjoram for year long interest.

My list is growing!

Ro60

Thinking back to my last house, I had alpine strawberries in my raised bed.
Also thyme, variegated mint & golden marjoram for year long interest.

Alpine strawberries are thugs here too.

If we did nothing in the garden it could be a paradise of trees from the nuts the squirrel buries, alpine strawberries, oregano, feverfew, dandelions, convolvulus etc.

Prostrate rosemary is pretty and useful.