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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.Normally when you move into a new house it is best to leave the garden and "see what comes up".
There may already be bulbs in the ground which would come up anyway (at least before you turned the soil and disturbed them all).
Best go to a garden centre and ask advice on what bulbs can be planted in spring (spring planting bulbs).
http://www.gardeningexpress.co.uk/PlantCatalogue.asp?GroupID=20000
Plants from some bulbs normally only come up in spring then die away (like tulips of daffodils) and will not provide all round colour or interest.
You could plant shrubs. An evergeen shrub, like choisya sundance, will provide colour and interest all year round.
http://www.mooseyscountrygarden.com/apple-tree-garden/yellow-choisya-sundance.html
There are evergreen shrubs (keep leaves in winter) and deciduous shrubs (lose leaves in winter) and it is good to have a few of these to give structure to the garden.
You could also plant a tree, something like an Acer (make sure you get an Acer tree not a shrub).
You can get a small tree from a garden centre for about �20 and watch it grow during the years you are there.
Get one that grows to only 20 or 30 feet so it does not over power the garden.
http://www.burgerfarms.com/trees_redmaple.htm
There is a lot to learn with gardening and be prepared to plant and replant until you get it right.
The BBC have a good gardening section on their web site and you will find a lot of info there.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/gardening/
As someone else said, the RHS site is great.
Also go and visit other gardens. The National Garden Scheme (NGS) arrange to have thousands of ordinairy gardens open each year for charity.
You can buy the "Yellow Book" from WH Smiths and other shops which list all the NGS gardens open in each area and on which days.
Go and be "nosey" in other peoples gardens.
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