The bee friendly one that comes to mind with a good choice of shape and colour in the size you want is Hebe

thanks Inverglen were just off to view the Hebe photos and info on here :)

Spring flowers
Bluebell, bugle, crab apple, daffodil, flowering cherry and currant, forget-me-not (Myosotis), hawthorn, hellebore (Helleborus corsicus,
H. foetidus), pulmonaria, pussy willow, rhododendron, rosemary, viburnum, thrift (Armeria maritima).
.Early-summer flowers
Aquilegia, astilbe, campanula, comfrey, everlasting sweet pea (Lathyrus latifolius), fennel, foxglove, geranium, potentilla, snapdragon, stachys, teasel, thyme, verbascum.
.Late-summer flowers
Angelica, aster, buddleia, cardoon, cornflower (Centaurea), dahlia (single-flowered), delphinium, eryngium, fuchsia, globe thistle (Echinops), heather, ivy, lavender, penstemon, scabious, sedum, Verbena bonariensis.
Hi there, Got this list from gardeners world, think you should find something here to suit you!!

I'd add Verbena hastata to the list - its perennial, more reliably so than bonariensis, and doesn't get so tall at 4 feet - also V. rigida, around 2 feet, fully hardy. Lavenders are very good too (this assumes your slope gets full or mostly sun), as are any of the herb type plants, including oreganum, which more or less retains its leaves. Avoid double flowered forms of plants though, these are no good at all for bees. As regards Buddleia, they get too big for what you want, but there are a couple of newer varieties - Buzz up to 3 feet and an even smaller one called Blue Chip.

Check out any Hebes on the Hebe Society website, as lots of them are NOT hardy in the UK. I lost most of my established shrubs last winter.

@ grandmage WOW thats some list your typing must be good :) thanks my wife does have quite a few off the list but did overlook the Potentilla, and she said a big thankyou for listing them as early and late flowering, great help cheers
@ Bamboo thanks for recommending V rigida. perfect size and great that its fully hardy. She also is propergating Lavender seedings at the moment and has a Herb trough filled with various herbs. Now all i want is the meals to go with them :)
@Spitzhenry thanks for that advice we will check them out for hardiness sorry you lost yours :(

@ Bamboo also thanks for the Buddleia advice great that they now have smaller versions. My wife does love the Buddlelia's. Cheers :)

I find cotoneaster horizontalis and another low growing cotoneaster whose name escapes me very good for bees in spring (mine gets smothered in bees every year) and excellent for the birds in autumn. I had a small flock of redwing literally mining through the snow to reach the berries last winter. Good luck with your planting--perhaps you could show some pictures as it develops?

Scabious and Origanum species are fab too!

Thanks also to pennyfarthing and fractal, yes pictures before ,during and after is a good idea thou photography not our strong point :(
the other members photos look so professional :)

Don't worry about that, Jagojames, it's just the miracle of modern digital cameras.

@bamboo, yes but the more techno the more hopeless we are :))

I know the feeling, but there's only one way through that - climb the mountain! Although it does help if you know some young people - they seem to understand it inately.

LOL we're off to climb the mountain then bamboo :)

Just keep an eye on your blood pressure - I'm sure mine sky rockets when this blasted technology doesn't do what it should, or seems particularly impenetrable...

LOL @Bamboo, ditto take care :)

Ever see Eddie Izzard do his routine, some years ago, about getting a new printer? Hilarious - he ends up miming chucking it out of the window, and then realises, after all his efforts, he'd forgotten to plug it in...