You seem to have established beds already, what are you trying to change?

I would take down those walls and let them spill over. Make a slope for them to follow. Maybe put some shorter edging on the new perimeter. You have pretty plantings btw.

I want uniformity. I think its too cluttered. The brick planters will stay but I’m having a hard time deciding how to create depth and more visual interest. I do not like the plants there right now to be honest! And thank you for the compliments!

I too have been trying to move towards a cleaner, uncluttered look in my flowerbeds. I have been digging and giving lots of stuff away, also moving items toward like items (for instance, making a clump of 9 blue salvia rather than 3 groups of 3 blue salvia).

If you don’t like what you have, just change it! There’s no garden police. Sorry I can’t give planting suggestions as I live in Z5B.

Consider removing the strip of grass between the bed and the sidewalk. Plant one type of flowering groundcover there to tie the area together.

Simplifying with fewer different plant varieties would give you a cleaner look and succulants are great low maintenance plants. Aloes would grow well and take little care as would New Zealand Flax. Purple heart tradescantia looks great in planters but does take a little trimming on occasion, Rosemary and germander (Teucrium) are also low maintenance and look good all year.

In the narrower parts of the planter there doesn't look to be enough room for layered planting(depth) but the wider section you could. You could use one kind of plant per section like purple heart in a narrow section then Flax in the wider section with teucrium in front of it and then trailing rosemary or an Aloe in the next narrow section.

Zone ten you have so many possibilities! I would peruse the neighborhood for looks I like and use that as my inspiration.

I love that!

Should I just do hedges under the bay window since its a small area?

You could do that, do you have a particular plant in mind? There are so many plants that can be used as hedges. I will put one up for your consideration if you are in SoCal as low water use plants are encouraged. Texas Rangers (leucophyllum) come in many sizes, leaf and flower colors. The most compact one in my yard is ”Lynn Mills”.

Looking around at plants in your area that appeal to you is a great idea.

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What type of florals are these?! Love!