Plants for a small front garden – and discouraging cats. Jackie, UK

hello, I have a little garden in the front. I would like to have some bushes, plants and gravel ( white or dark rocks) What should I plant? The garden will take approximately 3 different plants. I presently have mulches down and cats are constantly going to the bathroom in there. Please help me make my garden beautiful this summer. Thanks, Jackie
Forum (Hugh):
Hi Jackie, we have sent you a plant list. The names are in Latin which is usual for plant names-just take the list to your garden centre. You require your garden this summer-the plants will be small and need time to grow to show something – say three years, you could bulk up by planting closer-but you must remove the extra plants after three years or they spoil.
Regarding the cats: Perhaps if you purchase some strong plastic, or wire chicken netting to cover the bed area, and peg down with short timber posts hammered into the ground flush to ground level, then staple the netting to the posts, this should stop the cats. The plants could be planted through the netting by cutting out a flap-then cut the flap in two and fold back flat around the plant and secure to a peg. You could put the gravel over the netting. You need to put some fertilizer around the plant when you put them in-ask your garden centre.