While the roses may be doing well, they do nothing to enhance the looks of the house, which is the point of landscaping.

The actual entrance to the porch is on the side by the mailbox. So you don’t actually access from the front. Does that change the opinion at all? The bushes now are so big and beautiful. I know nothing about landscaping though so what would you suggest instead?

No it doesn’t change the situation. Your front door currently looks barricaded since it is fronted by prickly plants with no visible entrance from the front, whether or not the actual entrance is to the side or not. How about planning, edging, and making and mulching your new beds now and actually planting at the end of summer when you are moving and planting going into cool weather, not the hottest and sunniest time of year when moving plants will set them back considerably.? Put in annuals for this summer or start with the shrubs that the roses will grow with, leaving room for the roses’ new placements in your plan.

Move the roses over to the left of the door along with other shrubs and groundcovers that will help fill in the gaps between the bushes. Roses by themselves can look somewhat sparse, even well grown ones like yours. At least some of your shrubs should be evergreen so the house doesn’t look too stark in winter. To the right of the door, you want plants that won’t grow much higher than the floor of the deck or porch and under windows they should stay below the windowsill.

For aesthetics, I would add steps with a generous landing at the bottom and a path that comes out to the street. It would make the front of your home (which is really nice architecturally) far more welcoming. From the photo we can’t see the driveway or the entire width and length of the front of the property, but having to walk around cars in the driveway isn’t particularly welcoming to visitors, even though often houses are set up that way. So your goal should be to have an open sight line to the door and a wide path from the street. All the flower beds should be 5’-8’ deep since you have the space because that will give you room for more than a single line of plants which isn’t the the most attractive arrangement.

You didn’t ask about this, but you might want to paint the storm door to match the front door since it currently hides much of its color.

We can only see what you show us, so when there is a piece of the puzzle that seems missing, it can cause a lot of confusion. In this case, there is no apparent way to get to the front door. Now we find it is outside of the picture. Generally, a primary objective of landscaping in the front yard is to enhance the home and especially, the entrance, or the path to it. Knowing now that the path to the entrance enters from the side, it seems clear that there is a railing missing between the two corner pilasters of the porch. Landscaping is a set of visual signals that clue a person into what is happening with the property and how they should interface with it. If there was a railing, it would be instantly clear that the path to entry is elsewhere, and that path should be made obvious. Very obvious. Maybe it is but we haven't yet seen it. If the railing was there, and the roses are not allowed to get much taller, I would be OK with them being there.

Since the title of the thread is Help with Landscaping," I would show the complete scene by adding what is to the left and to the right of your existing picture (from the same point of view) all the way to the lot lines. We must see things if we are to help you with them. (You could actually move the camera a little close and take the whole picture set over again.)

I second the need for a path to the door. I'd pull out the 3 roses in front of the door, plant one of them at the far left corner of the house, the other two flanking the walk where it meets the sidewalk or road. Plant them far enough away that they are in no danger of scratching people, even after more growth.

Then, I'd find a few plants to put in between the roses, like daylilies and coreopsis. Find a low-growing orange azalea to up under the window. Or you can go with a white or purple scheme, with some salvia and artemisia and a white rhodo/azalea.