All the supermarkets sell plants at this time of year. I find they're a source of cheap plants. I bought hardy Fuschias last week at Morrison's for £1.29 each. Earlier in the year they've had various shrubs and climbers. Aldi, Lidl and Range are all good for cheapies.

Ground cover plants are a good way of keeping the weeds down and you could underplant your shrubs with them. I use hardy geraniums a lot but there are many others too. Scroll down to the bottom of this page, click on G and then choose Ground Cover on the menu and you see lots of possibilities. Many are evergreen or semi evergreen too.

thankyou i'll start having a look.. i'm building it all up gradually. got somany places to fill