so far, here are some ideas I've had:
if upgrades need other upgrades, maybe show that in some way in the description or something
honestly, I think that the game should start at 5 lanes, because it is kind of jarring when it switches
it could also be cool to see more cross upgrades, like fire cannonball, or maybe minigun + rocket makes rockets launch more often when enemies are close, stuff like that
combo upgrade ideas:
fire cannonball
turret gains an orbital
(unlockable upgrades could be cool too)
other upgrade ideas:
+1 max flower
(will update with more ideas when I have them)

here is my idea, the skill thing is an idea I just had, where you could click the icon or press space or something to use a special ability, and it would have to recharge, other than that, I think I describe the ui pretty well