Playing in an English Garden

I am in England visiting my mother, and today we played in the garden. I raked leaves and put in bulbs, plus some gilliflowers aka wallflowers.
The soil is dark, but was not dark enough, so we put some compost onto the whole area to give some extra nutrients.
Had some great conversations with some nursery folk as well today as I have seen a stunning bright red hardy cyclamen – no one can give a cultivar name though.