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Can you identify these plants in my garden?
Hi everyone, Can you help me identify the following? - also i will try and keep all my plant identifying help pleas in here 
First up:
Plant A (Above) - Can't remember what flowers this has, or anything about it! When/if this flowers i will post those pictures up.
Plant B (above): It is green like this all year round, it doensn't grow any taller, it has the brightest yellow flowers (kinda like dandelions) That open up every day in the sunshine.
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I think Plant B could be a Delosperma.
Hello Lucy L
First one could be Phlomis - a sizeable shrub - tlerartes lots of sunshine and drought conditions
and second one could be delospermum (ficoides) - a sunlover - sometimes called Livingstone Daisy
bit surprised to see them in Scotland though, as I grow both of these in the Languedoc to survive the 3 months of drought we get there.
What does anyone else think?
Great, Yes Plant B is definetly Delosperma looks exactly like the nubigenum variety - thank you very much! This plant seems to be coping very well in my garden (atm i have another slug infestation so they've been eaten quite a bit) but now i am on the case (every night with a torch lol). The coldness hasn't seemed to affect them either. Last year they were easily my favourite flower and flowered for ages! I bought out of my local nursery so maybe they have been aclimatised well?
Plant A, can't say for definate that i recognise the Phlomis, but it doesn't mean that it isn't, I will keep my eye on this one (when i get home both they will be labled Plant A & Delosperma Nubigenum) I will have another few for you tomorrow too!
Ok next up is plant C
Plant C: If i'm thinking of the right one it has pink stripy petaled flowers - if i can find a photo of it i'll post i up
Plant D (Below):
Plant D - Think this one grows purple flowers on a tall stalk....
I may be completely wrong but plant A looks very much like the oregano I have in my garden to me. Does it have purple/pink flowers in the summer?
It looks a bit like mine too sjp, picking a leaf and rubbing in the fingers should give oregano away - pizza smell
cant remember the flower of it, i would be surprised if it is as i have oragano growing in my herb pot n' had just planted that start of this year. I will see tonight if i can get any smell of it.
plant c looks like a lewisia - but I thought they were not hardy?
plant d refuses to enlarge. but looks like tradescantia
I await correction from those with more knowledge than me!
I agree with you (gg) Lewisia and tradescantia. I live in Wales and had a couple of Lewisia growing in a wall for 2or 3 years before succumbing to 2 foot of snow.
Hi Lucy. I'm in the Scottish highlands, little further north than you. I'm glad to see Delosperma in your garden. I have been debating whether to buy some. I have had them in my basket a couple of times. Think I will give them a shot now. I'm afraid I can't help you with the ID of the plants. Even at collage plant ID was my weakest subject and I'm beyond rusty now. Good luck in your garden.