garry parker wrote in message ...
I am moving into a flat which has a small back garden, but I noticed
that
the garden doesn't get any sunshine until very late afternoon, and then
it's
only a thin strip at the end which gets lit up.
Some of the plants are brown and dead, so could anyone recommend plants
and
flowers that would be suitable, but which have nice bright colours?
I don't know anything about gardening, but we are moving here mainly to
have
the chance of our own small garden, as we are fed up with being stuck
in a
flat after being at work all week.
Thanks a lot.

Not sure what is at the end of the garden, but if it is a wall or fence
then painting it a pale colour would give extra light. I have just taken
a leaf out of the garden programme books and painted my old garage wall
a nice cream, and a fence, now on view as my ex has taken the caravan, a
pale blue. Actually I used a deep blue called Iris on a couple of sheds
now I've got rid of the Russian vine, and the fence Forget-me-not, and
the next day those same shades were used in a garden design programme.
Violas will usually do OK in shade. I have one called Freckles and it
has nice pale green leaves and pale lilac flowers with darker spots on
them. They are perennials or will, at least, self seed very easily. Some
of the pale clematis will also do well in shade.

Mike
www.british-naturism.org.uk