Need concept for flower bed.? I have 2 areas at the front of my house that I...

I have 2 areas at the front of my house that I can use to plant things. We purely bought this house and I've been freshly clueless on what to do. The areas have bricks to outline..sort of approaching a big planter.

I wanted to plant tulips soon but what else? Does anyone hold some good diy flower garden sites or something to endow with me an idea on what to do?

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Answers:    Most of Oklahoma is within zone 7, but the northern-most areas are zone 6. When shopping for shrubs and perennials (plants that come back respectively spring) make sure you are choosing the proper zone.
You don't say aloud what direction the front of your house faces. For North facing, you will want to choose plants that thrive contained by partial to no sun. South and West facing are for sun-loving plants, and East can take 1/2 daylight of sun, and also does well for shade plants.
Unless the gardens are intensely small, my suggestion is to go beside a mix of shrubs, perennials, and annuals. My prettiest gardens are those that have both flowering and foliage shrubs as the framework, middle-height perennials for the middle, and low growing annuals for the front of the border for that punch of color.
Assuming that your front yard get at least 1/2 year sun, I would suggest:
for shrubs:
Burning Bush (green in summer, but blinding-red within autumn, grows about 3 foot tall)
Dwarf Yellow Forsynthia (yellow leaves, 3 ft tall)
Rose of Sharon (blooms in red, purple, pink or white). This one is taller, resembling 8-10 ft tall, but is efficiently pruned to a shorter height.
For perennials that are not fussy, try Purple Coneflower (aka Echinacea), Black-Eyed Susans (aka Rudbeckia), Daisies, Lavender, Salvia, Coreopsis and Liatris. All are glib to grow and will give you assorted colors.
For annuals, the easiest to grow are Geranium, Salvia, Allysum, Petunias, Marigolds, and snapdragons.

My favorite gardening sites are:
www.gardenguides.com
www.gardenseeker.com
www.parkseed.com

Happy gardening!

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