Oh, dear. In this case, I'll be more explicit. One little flower on either side of the door will not improve the looks of the house. Make a real bed that extends from the sidewalk under the window to the left that is 4' deep. Kill or remove the grass, dig in amendments, and make a clear, clean line between grass and the flower bed. (It can be maintained with a string trimmer.) Plant a line of large hostas along the back. They are NOT "out of season" in Austin right now. They are perennial. (I'm pretty sure that they have a VERY short dormancy in Austin, but I can't remember that clearly.) However, you still might have to wait until spring to find them if you only want to shop as Home Depot. In front of them, plant a bunch of annuals. These will die every year, so they have to be replanted each season. In October, plant pansies in front of the hostas. Don't plant just one row. Plant three staggered, with the center line offset. Plant them pretty close together. When it warms and the pansies begin looking ragged, pull them out and plant periwinkles, if you can find them, and if you can't then plant impatiens. The New Guinea type will give you more "bang." (I advise periwinkles over impatiens in this case because they are lower care, whereas impatiens in your climate need more water.) You can even find periwinkles, impatiens, and pansies at Wal-mart, let alone Lowe's or Home Depot. If you would rather not mow under the palm, you can underplant it with jasmine. On the right side of your front door, go out at a 45 degree angle 3' and there you can plant a skyrocket juniper.

I saw some on a Google search with the white flowers. It was labeled as Melothria pendula. These are so cute, I have seen jars of them pickled. Apparently the fruit turns black and are not safe to eat at that point.

Are the pole beans and peas shading the beans? Another thought --maybe the tall things have a bigger root system and are soaking up all the nutrients from the bush beans. If the tall things are not shading the bush beans, then give the beans a few doses of something like manure or compost tea

now that i've googled the correct spelling-(photos of it were misspelled ' ran. fUcaria' in webshots), here's what i've learned. soon to be R.I.P.ped out!! fig buttercup Ranunculales > Ranunculaceae > Ranunculus ficaria L. Synonym(s): lesser Celandine Lesser celandine is a short (up to 12 inches) herbaceous perennial that invades forests throughout the East, Midwest and Pacific Northwest regions of the United States. The basal leaves are dark green, shiny, and kidney- to heart-shaped. Flowers are showy, bright yellow, with 8 petals. It emerges very early in the spring with infestations often creating a green blanket along the forest floor. Lesser celandine invades moist forested floodplains. It is a spring ephemeral and grows vigorously, creating dense mats that exclude all other vegetation. It is a threat particularly to the native forest spring ephemerals that have to compete for light and space with this invasive. Lesser celandine is native to Europe and was first introduced into the United States as an ornamental. It is currently sold and widely planted as an ornamental.