We live in a colonial traditional home. When we planned our shrubbery/ flowerbeds 3 years we hired a professional landscaper. Our house faces east and has a very large oak tree on the left side of the house and the plants on each side of the house are symmetrical. In the front, we planted one boxwood on either side of the walkway up to the door, then encore azaleas, and lipiore. On the southeast and northeast corners, we planted boxwood and drift roses.

The right side of the front beds look great, lush, green and growing vigorously. The left side just the opposite, the plants look stunted, not lush and not growing vigorously.

The right side receives full sun in the morning, the left side dappled sunlight about 2-3 hours a day because of the tree. But the southeast corner of that side receives full late afternoon sun after the shade of the tree has moved.

I don't think our problem is soil related since everything was planted at the same time and we prepared the soil the same on both sides. Im thinking it's the shade from the tree for the front plants but not sure about the plants on the southeast corner that receive strong late afternoon sun. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Do I need to replant with plants more suited to both types of sunlight, amend the soil, or live with it!?

Sorry you can't tell much from the picture. I took it on March 9. I thought a visual might help my rambling!