Ground Cover

[FP]

Please can someone suggest something that is fairly bright and cheerful to plant in my fairly dry area of woodland garden under the trees and shrubs.  I am planting daffodils there and want something that the bulbs can push up through but keeps the ground elder at bay (I have spent all summer dealing with the ground elder).  All the usual things seem boring.  I want some colour and not too much height and evergreen.  Too much to ask!!

Dont want:  Ivy, Periwinkle, Hypercicum, Pachysandra

[mullein2]

if you go to   http://groups.msn.com/herbwitch you will come to an index..which will be on the left and one of the things on the index will say pictures click on it and you will see peoples photo albums of their gardens etc..mine is the fourth one down it will say mulleingarden so you know it will be mine..so you can see my jungle..and me...their are two pages of my pictures i got carried away..

[FP]

A reallyLovely garden Mullein, a lady after my own heart.  Absolutely adore those poppies.  We have them springing up everywhere.  Will post you some pictures on this thread tomorrow - the tinypic site doesn't want to work at the moment.  No gardening today - the weather is horrendous!!

[mullein2]

look forward to seing your flowers..i bet you want a gunnera now!!!...they plant them a lot on the ground force programmes and other gardening shows..thats why i like them ..the ones at the botanical gardens are monsters..i can stand under neath them..i am not from round here i am from shropshire originally..their isnt anything to keep me here the daughter has gone the old mans job will be finished in 30 months ..infact i wont be here for 30 months more like 28 as i am going first..asap...and because we had bad neighbours move in 7 years ago i want to be really carefull where i buy a house ..as i dont want to sink money into somewhere ..with anyone dreadfull next door..so will have to do some seriouse looking and thinking..i am used to living out of a case as we are ex raf..so it will be okay..