Left Front Planter Box

This one is right under my bedroom window:


The idea is to put in only plants that require no watering. The area on the far left will gets morning and afternoon sun; the rest get only afternoon sun.

[From left to right]:


Fuschia-Flowered Gooseberry (this will require a little extra water in the summer, but I can do that just with a spot on hose)


White Sage


Hummingbird Sage


White Sage


Red Monkeyflower

Front Planter Box on the North West Corner

Here's how it currently looks:



The space is mostly shady with some afternoon light, particularly on its western side.

Here's what I'm thinking of replacing it with (from left to right) (all plants are drought tolerant and need no summer watering):

Cleveland Sage

The following flower will be on either side of the central plant:

Island Bush Poppy

This will go right in the middle under the picture window:

Wooly Blue Curls


Island Bush Poppy

Finally, on the far end and jutting out from the corner will be this:

Ceanothus Concha

Landscaping

I'm beginning to think about relandscaping the house and putting in drought tolerant plants. I won't start until late October, but it would probably be a good idea to repaint the exterior at the same time.

Just a reminder, this is what the front and sides of the house look like:

The house is north facing, so it gets a little bit of afternoon sun.


The house currently has three exterior colors. The main color in front is a silver-grey green, perhaps "sage"? The trim is white. And then all stucco-coated parts of the house are a sandy brown.


I like the sage and am inclined to keep it and to have the stucco painted to match.



Keep in mind, I will have native plantings in these boxes. The flowers in front under the picture window will be blue, lavender, with yellow accents. On the side, I'm leaning towards more red. The leaves will be grey and green, with plenty of sage.



I cycled around the neighborhood this morning trying to find houses with similar colors for contrast, particularly ones whose fronts face north, like mine.

Here's an example of a house that is identical in model to mine. They've used a slightly mintier green:



This one is a much darker, more olive green than mine. I don't care for it, but I'm intrigued by the reddish brown door and wonder what a similar trim or door on my house might look like:


This house used a dark olive color as trim:



This one used a more brown color, but those are the sorts of native plants in front that I would use.