It looks OK to me but the plumbago isn't evergreen up here. It's a tender perennial in San Antonio so I'm not sure it would survive being planted in the ground up here. At best it'll die back every winter. The one I have in a pot did and it's in a greenhouse.

I suggest you investigate planting that red yucca so close to your foundation. You may want to consider something else.

I've never put plumbago in the ground up here, everyone tells me its not going to make it through our winters. I sure wish it did, I'd plant it everywhere!

I really like your mix of ornamental grass and succulents with flowering plants.

The Red Yucca and Lindheimer's Muhly really need a lot of sun to look their best. I have both of those and in the summer they each get 12 hours of direct sun. Northern Sea Oats work well in part shade and might be a good substitute for the muhly, especially around the porch.

The red yucca does fine up against a rock wall in my yard. It doesn't seem to need a lot of room. Do try to move all the plants out a bit from the house when you actually plant them though.

Most of the plants you have selected die back in winter, so if you want more winter interest work in a few evergreens like a holly.

Your layout looks quite good and would work well as is, but since you asked I have a couple suggestions. I would replace the nandina on the left of the plan with one larger flowering shrub like a Viburnum. In front of the MBR I would also flip the rose creek abelia and emerald snow loropetalum so there is a greater mass of abelia. These changes will keep your "threes" from being too repetitive.

Wow! I'm very impressed with the work you've done and the great advice you got here! And it was FREE! Great job everybody!

@tx_ag_95, @melvalena
Yeah, I was worried about the Plumbago. But I just really like the look of it, so I figured I'd give it a try - putting it behind the Abelia's so that the Abelia's can hide them in the winter.

If Plumbago's don't work well up here, what might you suggest to put behind the abelia's that will provide some nice color in the spring, summer or fall? It doesn't have to be evergreen.

@rock_oak_deer
You mentioned most of the plants I have selected die back in the winter. I was under the impression that the abelia, loropetalums and nandinas were all evergreens. Are they not up here? I'll definitely check out the seat oats.

Thanks guys!

It really depends on the winter for abelia. "Die back" wasn't the best word choice there. Mine here in San Antonio did not lose all their leaves this year, but did last year. They still get very sparse and you can see a lot of brown stems even when they don't lose all their leaves.

Loropetalum doesn't do well here so I don't grow it. I did look it up and from what I read it also depends on the winter as to whether it holds the leaves or not. It might not do that where you are so check locally.

The idea is to mix up the textures and colors a bit more and just looking over your choices I thought you could use a reliably evergreen plant.

I'm not sure how well they'd show hiding behind a set of bushes/shrubs, but the Henry Duehlberg and Mystic Spires salvias should do well in that spot. I have both in my front yard, they get morning sun and are on the east side of the house. It would keep the blue flowers, albeit a darker shade. They do die back to the ground in winter and prefer a haircut once or twice a summer but they bloom well most of the summer and fall. My autumn sage doesn't seem to have been bothered by the freeze beyond having the remaining flowers killed.

What software application did you use to draw out your garden like that?

@nguyena1
Adobe Illustrator.