What a mess to clean up! You can't really see in the pics, but there was groundcover vinca vine everywhere up against the house and porth, crawling up underneath the siding too. Got the mess cleaned up and planted shortly before July 4th. Took an "after" shot today - I think it looks pretty good for being newly planted; it should fill in nicely over time.

Before:

After: (sorry for the blurry photo...) I didn't get a shot of the whole front, there's a big tree peony in front of the grasses (that mature white one I took from my other house transplanted beautifully), and there's also a paperbark maple and some oakleaf hydrangea on the other corner. Mostly just wanted to show what a couple days' worth of elbow grease will accomplish!