Hello, Daisy, good to hear from a fellow amateur.
You've given me the idea of trying an abutilon and aquilegiums in my, as yet not made, shade garden. Several plants that are now in full sun will have to be moved to shade : ligularia osiris café noir, geranium nodosum whiteleaf, geranium splish splash and some epimediums, and I've discovered that annuals like cosmos and nastyurchins [sorry, nasturtiums!
] prefer part shade.
Do you like hostas and heucheras? I fancy some white foxgloves too, and I'm mulling over what bulbs to have. I'd like a wild honeysuckle climbing into the trees. We have to dream!
My lilies are doing well in the sun. Sorry I can't tell you what they are, but I bought them in the supermarket and they weren't labelled [except rouge or blanche!]
As for the full sun garden, a lot of the English Cottage Garden plants do well if closely planted to keep the soil moist. The only thing is, the flowers are over too quickly. Like you, the garden is new, started last winter, so early days.
Hilberry