Okay I promised to discuss my front mistake. As I said it was a blank slate. The couple as they aged could not care for the property and something old people do is cut down trees I do not know why but as a side job I buy and sell homes and it seems to be a pattern when there are elderly people in the home they cut any trees and bushes down in front of the home. Okay I digress.......
This is the front. Blank, nothing, at all the grass was in bad shape. I wanted a formal type planting design to match the style of the house.
This is the first year. I thought a few bushes would be good. Well it is full sun and again the soil was so good. I now have a jungle and you cannot see the front of the house.
I keep over planting for the look I want.