A NW facing garden ...

... any thoughts on what it might be good for?

No acids - I've learned they are a no-no for the type of soil. But, what about aspect?

 

Pretty much anything. My back garden is north north west, and a massive great sycamore overhangs a chunk of it, but I find the limiting factor to be the soil, which is still quite poor quality in places. Where I've enriched the soil, everything I've tried to grow has grown.

 

A lot of the front of my garden is north west facing and I have fuschia, weigela, roses, various lilies, clematis, deutzia, gladioli, hollyhocks and spring bulbs as shrubs/perennials and have grown sunflowers, lavatera, cosmos and cleome as annuals, with occasional fillers such as french marigolds and pansies. Also heuchera and hellebores. In the narrow bed down the side of the house which is west facing I have aubretia and a couple of other ground cover perennials that I can't remember the name of with spring bulbs and cornflowers. It's all clay soil.

 

So much going for a NW facing garden "M". Don't need to educate you on the benefits of soil enrichment with fibre and compost. So many lovely things are happy without the scorching unrelentless sun. Blooms last longer and shine like beacons if they are intense colours. Begonias ( the big blousy ones) LOVE to face NW - just need to make sure they have the right compost - they have limited root spread ,
Jenny.