New garden .

Hi all
This is my new to me garden , It never had one before it was all flagged , So I tipped up some of the flags and as we get loads of leaves in fall I filled it with them , Over the last two years it has rotted down and next door got fed up of seeing a bare garden so gave me a few xmas trees and bushes to plant , Today I managed to purloin a nice plant ( Don't ask I have no idea what it's called , any ideas ?. ) I planted it and it threw it down , saved me watering it .
Now looking for some colour but as you can see the garden spends a lot of time in the shade due to the hedge and fence , plus the trees in the surrounding grounds block a lot of sun . so not sure what will grow there .
Any suggestions please , Small plants please and possibly ones that carpet the area is that asking too much ?.
Thanks
micky

 

Lots of potential there, great job so far.

 

Thanks CharlieBot

 

Welcome to GC Mike. Your plant is a Geranium. Is it possible to have a picture or two giving us a wider view of your garden and the trees and plants that surround it please. It makes it easier to suggest plants for the area, how much light/sun etc. they will get.

 

Hi
Thanks Sheal .
Should have known a Geranium . Will try to get photos of garden in sunshine and different angle , weather has changed today so no sun .
Thanks
micky

 

Hi JWK
Thanks for that , I would prefer something that reseeds itself , any suggestions ?.
micky

 

Cosmos will but it's a fairly tall plant and has a reasonable spread too.

 

Hi Sheal
That looks great, will check it out thanks ,