Help me identify my garden plants!
Devonian
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I have a beautiful garden which I bought (obviously with the house!) in Spring 2016. I really want to make sure it's properly cared for because when I first moved in (and when I was viewing the house with intention to buy) the garden was radiant, and has remained so all summer and autumn. A really lovely blend of shrubs and plants that flower one after the other all through the season!
If there's anyone out there who can help me identify the names of some of these so that I can then do some research into how to care for them, I'd be much obliged!
(If it helps, I live in South Devon, near the top of a hill which seems to be former heathland - fair amount of gorse, silver birch etc!)
This is a view in mid-April:
This is a view in early June:
And another view at a similar time:
And in early August (slightly different view. Any advice on lawn care appreciated too!)
Same time as above, I'd love to know the name of those tall flowers to the left, halfway up. They slowly turned pink, then red, then almost burgundy as the autumn went on!
I hope that's not too much to ask! Just that I'd love to keep it up and make sure that it's just as beautiful next year! Thanks in advance 
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I'm afraid we need close ups of flowers and/or foliage to identify shrubs and flowers with any degree of accuracy.
Lovely garden tho with plenty of colour and texture.
Obelixx is definitely right there, close up photographs are needed for accurate identification and help.
A few guesses though, on first look I can see a Japanese acer in that pot, as well as those blue hydrangeas (indicating that you have an acidic soil, as they go pink in alkaline soil, and white in neutral. Although they could have had things added to change their colour.). I also see a spiky plant that could be a phormium.
Raking the lawn helps, and make sure you don't cut too harshly on the first cut of the lawn. Remember to watch the show or read gardeners world magazine for advice
Thanks everyone! Yes I wondered if the photos would be zoomable or not. I've tried a crop on the pic which shows that lovely flower (It has light green heads in this image, early August, but slowly turned pink, then all the way to quite a dark red)
Here's a closer zoom of the early June shot - not very good quality pics I'm afraid!
the first pic is a sedum, maybe the popular one called Autumn Joy. The yellow variegated shrubs in the same pic are probably euonymus
In the sticks near Peterborough
The pink flowered one in front looks like a Japanese azalea, with a rhododendron or two behind. These also suggest acid soil
The shrub with white flowers could be a Snowball tree, Viburnum Opulus. The green leaved plant between the yellow euonymus (agree on that one!) is most likely a hardy geranium, and, in the earlier set of pics, the plant immediately behind the rotary drier with the pinkish leaves (?) is quite possibly a pieris, as they also like acid soil, though if they are pinkish flowers it may be another rhododendron!
Lovely garden, with well chosen plants that don't need too much maintenance.
Thank you so much everyone! Really helpful, now I can keep it looking gorgeous!
Sedum about to flower on first picture of your 2nd post