if it is facing east (getting sun in the morning and casting a shadow in the afternoon), you can't go wrong with classic hydrangea hedges along the foundation. they're basically care-free after the first or second season of watering, and you can find types that grow 3-4 feet tall. Maybe some Japanese holly or inkberry at the corners for winter greens!

Here are some ideas:

@digdoug what are some of the plants? I see hydrangeas and hostas but don't recognize some of the others

The rendering has Korean Boxwood, Variegated Boxwood, Pieris, Acanthus, Bergenia, Sunshine Caryopteris, Sargent Crabapple, Golden Rain Tree & Blue Spruce Sedum.