Planting and flower choice advice.

I would be greatful if you could look at the photos i have taken of my front garden and suggest any flowers that would contrast with and enhance my predominently blue and green garden.

I wish to split the purple/blue geraniums and add something similar in yellow or orange (if such a plant exists).
The flowers do not have to be big (i will buy more than one) but they must have an abundance of flowers (I love dead heading!).
They need to be perenials or self seeders and it would be nice if they spread out to fill in all the gaps around them.
Not too tall near my geraniums (1 foot) but may be a little taller next to the wall (2-3 foot).

I live in Newton-le-Willows in North West England and the soil is clumpy although i am improving it year by year by adding my own and shop bought compost when planting out. My front garden is not the sunniest place (N/E facing) although my other plants/flowers seem to have have done quite well.

Thank you in advance for all your help, it will be greatly appreciated. Mr.Mc & Family

 

Yes, much to tiny for these old eyes to see.

 

Hows that?
Does that work know?
Thank you.

 

Shiney, i've used your link and the pics were massive, so i used photo bucket again but this time i used a direct link to the album.
I think i'll just try to attach them from my PC!

Thanks for your help though Shiney

 

You could do worse than good old-fashioned Pot marigolds. (Calendula) Now that the geraniums are over for the year I suggest you cut them down to ground level, feed and water them well and watch them produce a nice neat new dome of growth while you fill up the spaces around with new stuff. They will only flop all over your lawn and other plants, otherwise, looking increasingly tatty as the summer wears on. It'll look a bit bare for a week or two but it'll be worth it in the end.

African marigolds are another option. They are going to be the easiest to find down at the garden centre.

You could try lysimachia punctata - flowering now. Very easy to grow but a bit of a weed and don't contribute anything after flowering.

You've left it a bit late to sow but you could pop in some dwarf nasturtium seeds in between everything else and see if they did anything by late summer. They probably will.

There's also a mat-forming bluey-purple aster type thingy - flowering now - which I don't know the name of.

 

Thanks Madhhila, my geraniums usually flower again by the end of summer but i will crop them back slightly and plant some nasturtiums and marigolds.
Thanks again.:WINK1: