Name: Ginny G Central Iowa (Zone 5a) Plant Addict!!
Dawn - this is an example of how I start with bushes and shrubs in the back and then build on it. Still a work on progress (my most recent area), but always adding new perennials to fill in:
2015 - 2016
This is the front entry (no pics of 2011 handy when we moved in - pretty bare bones then):
2013 - 2016
And a close-up of one area:
As you can see - it is ever changing depending on what makes it, what doesn't, and what just plain catches my eye!!!