[jay001]

these 2 are both inherited in our small back communal garden,i cannot remember if the one in the Brocken white pot flowered or not last year

thanks jay 

[jay001]

oops still getting the hang of this photo thingy  anyway hopefully here is the one in the white pot 

[surbie100]

Could the first one be Oregon Grape (Mahonia Aquifolium)?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahonia_aquifolium

[spottymint]

1st I'd agree with surbie100, on some kind of Mahonia (holly like leaves, yellow flowers)

2nd I go with some type of Campanula, looks just like my one growing in a pot.

I have this particular one, but there are many varieties,

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campanula_poscharskyana

others

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campanula

[snowdrops]

Yep agree with both of those replies.

[jay001]

thankyou one and all 

[Goosegirl]

I agree with the first one, but the second looks like celandines which seem to have been rather rampant this year in our area.