Chaenomeles speciosa or hybrid thereof. Flowering quince. Used to be known as Cydonia japonica and just plain 'japonica' in common parlance. It is so common in British gardens it features in Henry Reed's brilliant WWII poem 'Naming of Parts'. The fruit is edible but not very palatable. However, if you have enough you can make a pleasant jelly out of them. Here is a link that might be useful: The Naming of Parts

Thanks for the help! It's funny I was reading more about Zinnias and many places said they like fertile soil. I also read how roses like well drained soil and mine are thriving in slightly amended clay, about6 of them. It just goes to show ya never really can go by what the "books'say. I will amend these area maybe this fall but they are just way to long to deal with it now and I already have my work cut out for what I have started and haven't finshed from last year. I just don't have the money to buy all that I need to to amend it all or buy the plants for and I like to get what I've started already looking lush before I go starting anymore beds. So with all that said I've got some combos that I think I'm going to try and work with and hope they do well enough. Anything is better then what I have now! So Cosmos, zinnias, poppies, and yarrows (have some I can transplant). I think those will do nice to fill in the area and give me the meadow look I'm wanting (for now).

Agree with Gardengal that the bed is not right for just a bunch of shrubs. But I would take it farther in that the bed itself is not right, if the overall objective is to create a better looking setting for the house. For one thing, it seems to force all the planting to be directly in front of the house, instead of including a setting that frames the house. For another, it seems to invite plantings that will visually obstruct the walk/entrance from the street view. And the "stones" sticking up like that, since they are imperfect in their install quality (uneven top and curves with straights and corner) would be a better looking if set flush with grade, as a mowing strip. They would still create a formalized edge, but without creating the "empty baking pan" appearance. It's hard to give you good suggestions, though, because your photos do not allow us to view the property more as if were were standing there. To do that, you'd need to stand about 25' from the house, lined up with the center of the scene you're recording, and take about 3 or 4 shots that pan the scene from left to right. In doing that, the camera MUST remain at the same location for all shots, merely pivoting. The first shot should aim far enough left that we see the left neighbor's house, and the last shot far enough right that we see the right neighbor's house. This way we can grasp a contiguous frontal scene. The center of the scene is probably about in line with the front door. It would be good to include another straight-on shot from across the street that shows your whole front yard.

I'd start with shrubs for the foundation. We can't advise without knowing where your house is and whether the yard is in sun/shade, etc. In the absence of better advice, big box stores often have big sales of shrubs in late fall. They're not the best, but they're often cheap.