Several years ago I dug a semi-circle out of the front lawn to plant up
for more colour. In retrospect this seems to have been a bad idea as
nothing does well.

The spot is a close to a lime tree and not far from a section of
leylani, which are taking all the moisture and nutrients from the bed to
the extent that the soil cracks up in the summer, probably exacerbated
by the clay.

Can any one recommend and suitable types of plants, I'm tempted to go
with daffs as they'll grow anywhere, a sprinking of heathers for all
round colour and they something like impatiens for summer colour.

Sun wise, it tends to get shaded first thing and then full sun
thereafter.

Though I dug in a fair bit of compost initially and its gets a good
mulcing, Im intending to remove more of the soil and dig in yet more
compost.

Thanks
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Mike Cox