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Sorry, I should have provided more info! I like the roses, lavendar and daylily combo idea though... the problem is I don't have much color anywhere else - I usually just add in some annuals each year for color and I chose shrubs that have different colored leaves for the rest of the front beds, so I am wondering if i add lots of color to the bed in question would it look off balance from the rest of the front yard?
The rest of the front beds are a mix of boxwood, holly, some varigated azales, some my monet wigelia and some barberry. I did try for some symmetry since we have a more formal looking colonial...let me see if I can dig up some more pictures...
I am in CT, zone 5 and the area pretty much gets sun all day. Not sure how to describe the soil, but its not rocky or too sandy or wet.
Don't worry about looking off-balance because you can always add more flowering shrubs to other areas over the course of a few years. You don't want it to look Disneyland or Las Vegas resort landscaping where everything looks color-by-numbers.
I tend to lean towards plants for xeriscaping -- then you dont have to worry about watering them once they are established.
Plus plants that attract butterflies and bees and Hummers, if you get them.
I love Agastaches and Salvias... though many Salvias are not hardy to our zone, but i'm finding a few.
you can get Profusion Zinnias for a border in the front, though they are only annuals too.
Or a nice perennial ground cover. I'm partial to creeping phlox, though for some reason, I can't grow them at my new home. Stay evergreen all year, carpet of color in season and block weeds nicely.
Agastache and salvias are great too. They'll pair well with knockouts. I tend to recommend these to people who just want some color but don't want to do much gardening. That's what knockouts were invented for. Originally, they were meant for commercial use.
Beautiful flower spikes in the spring and if you deadhead they will produce a second bloom.
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