What bedding plants will look best in a asmall garden?

I have a small garden (it is just 3 borders along the patio edges). I want to put some nice plants in it so that I can have some colour. I am not sure waht plants will give a good show of colour. I already have a rose and some red poppies in it but that is all,what can I use to go with them?

What bedding plants will look best in a asmall garden?
Red and whites always look good in a small area. You want something relatively low lying to draw the eye back and create the illusion of length. Anything too tall might appear to 'box' the garden in.





Why not try some red and white petunias and/or bizzie lizziies, interspersed with blue lobelia? Simple colourways, but in my opinion, hard to beat, and you'll get a summer long show of colour from these three plants without any fiddly maintenance.





Don't I sound like the proper Ms Dimmock??!!! (I can assure you I don't walk around with my hooters swinging all over the place, mind you)
Reply:go to b%26amp;q and buy some bedding plants, you can buy a tray for 3.98 or 3 trays for £9.00. i would buy bizzie lizzies for a spectacular summer long display, plant quite close about six inc apart and depending on how deep your borders are then put about 3 rows in as well.
Reply:Royal carpet flowers in blue and white.
Reply:Violas are really nice will flower for ages also seed them selves ...... I also like stocks smell lovely ....
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Reply:Portulaca comes in various colors, red, pink, yellow, white, etc., they are self seeding and, depending on your "zone" are green all year 'round. They are about 2 inches high, and look similar to a succulent. Makes a great ground cover.
Reply:Bedding plants yawn yawn yawn. Why not go for something a bit more adventurous like tree ferns, spiky plants, grasses or bananas? There are also endless gorgeous perennials with fab leaves and flowers that you don't have to plant every year whereas annuals are dead at the end of the season leaving you with an empty garden for the rest of the year.
Reply:begonia's work nice. They do well in sun or shade
Reply:How about some wall-flowers, they are colourful , last through Winter [ mine still flowers after 2 years ] and smells divine. There are so many lovely plants out there, choose some that will compliment the colours you already have and if your garden is very very small choose smaller flowering plants. Good luck and i wish your plants well too :)))
Reply:phlox...they are gorgeous =)
Reply:aubretia in mauves and purples. Any small leaved flowering plant like this.