Wow, that pic yardvaark painted looks really nice!

Yardvark is correct. With hedges, landscape designers recommend to use differnt types of bushes to break the sight line up. Home has a very box look to it, needs some curves to help even it out.

The difficulty is less the shape than that it hides the entryway, leaving visitors to guess where the entrance is since the sidewalk is hidden and the door is enough hidden to be difficult to distinguish from the windows. The entryway should be open and welcoming, not covered with a barrier.

Thanks guys! Great idea! Yardvaark, I really like your drawings.

I agree with Babs the hedge hides the part of the house that we need to see the most. I would remove it.

I would also remove the planter box. It looks like an afterthought and to me does not enhance the view.

Yardvaark that is the best photoshop improvement I've seen! I will be posting my house soon asking for suggestions. I'd LOVE your input!

I'm in Bell county. When we took our Master Gardener class here, a row of shrubs like what you posted were called a mustache. A great look for the 50's, but now there are soo many other better plants you could be using.

I wouldn't consider "just" flowers, but I'd go with those that feed the pollinators. Our best butterfly magnet is Gregg's Blue Mistflower. Can grow in partial shade to full sun. I can't wait to relocate mine out to my hell strip just so I can dazzle my neighbors with all the butterflies that are drawn to that flower. Low water, too.

One other suggestion, of course, there are some absolute beautiful native plants that do very well here. IF I could have only one plant in my yard, it would have to be the Shrubby Boneset. Blooms once a year when the Great Butterfly Migration starts. It draws the Monarchs like a magnet from a block away. Heavenly fragrance. I planted mine outside the gate. So, when I pull up and stop, I just sit for a while to watch them. Open the truck door and they lift like a curtain, I get out, open the gate and stand to watch to see the curtain lower. This last year was a definite discouragement for us in Temple, the Monarchs moved their migratory path over to Ft. Hood. They counted 3,000 there. I probably had 6. :-( I hope they come back.

Spend some time looking up pollinator plants. Nothing like having life flutter all around you to greet you when you get home. And if you have some dry shade, plant Frostweed to dazzle your children.

I'm planting an Anacacho orchid on each side of my front steps. Have a Wafer Ash for the Giant Swallowtails. IF it doesn't feel the pollinators, I don't plant it here.

Hard to believe that the hummingbirds can return to the same houses the next year. Consider those plants while you are at it. You've got some really good plants to choose from. I have a red Shrimp plant next to the Turk's Cap, both for hummers. Can't wait to bring in some red salvias this Spring. But, I've got coneflowers and oxblood lilies plus others. Good luck! Much success to you.

Oh, one last tip. We were told to make our beds 5' deep. That allows for something higher in the back and shorter in the front. Just more plants that you can bring in. And don't have any straight lines to your beds. They all need to curve. Mother Nature doesn't plant anything in a straight line. And never plant a shrub or tree directly in front of a window. I'm all out of my two cent pieces now.

I just now saw how long ago you posted this question. Do you have any more current photos you can share?