Cotoneaster. Hebes. Many perennials will be fine - hardy Geraniums, Salvias, Veronicas, Lychnis, Alchemilla mollis etc - or anything that likes a poorer soil. Groundcover like Ajuga won't mind. Some grasses will be ok there too. Alliums and lots of other bulbs will be fine, assuming you can add a bit of soil/compost first to improve the general area, and they'd need a bit of food when dying back.
What sort of square footage is it? It's hard to tell from the pic. Do you mean there's already a Euphorbia somewhere in the bed?
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
It’s not a huge spot but I’m going to mirror it in another bed just down from it. The Euphorbia is on order so should be here soon, was thinking Mediterranean style
Rosemary and the Salvias/Veronicas would work then. If you want a longer season of interest, it would be worth having a few evergreens, and the rosemary would help with that. A Hebe or two would do the job of box, and be less troublesome. You could add thymes as well- and they'd work on the step edges, to soften them. Some of the alpine type plants would do well there too- Aubretias and Arabis etc, and would spread across the edges if planted/positioned carefully.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Slope with rubbish soil is pretty much description of most of our garden haha ... for us it worked to put more euphorbias and put a bunch of allium bulbs around. Wulfenii really fills up the given spot nicely and stays evergreen (unless broken by snow and required cleanup). The when times comes purple alliums shoot through euphorbia like rockets and explode with purple. And you keep seed heads over winter !
But other than that any Mediterranean plant ( like lavenders or sages of all sorts) will be really happy to grow nearby and never be watered ))
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Alliums and lots of other bulbs will be fine, assuming you can add a bit of soil/compost first to improve the general area, and they'd need a bit of food when dying back.
What sort of square footage is it? It's hard to tell from the pic.
Do you mean there's already a Euphorbia somewhere in the bed?
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
You could add thymes as well- and they'd work on the step edges, to soften them.
Some of the alpine type plants would do well there too- Aubretias and Arabis etc, and would spread across the edges if planted/positioned carefully.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
https://www.ballyrobertgardens.com/products/erigeron-karvinskianus
Not my photo, but overall this kind of vibe :