Are you open to something besides tree roses? If so, there are lots of other choices for continual bloom, color, and vertical interest. This year I planted 2 double-red hibiscus tree standards and underplanted with petunias. They added alot of color by the front door and were a nice tropical touch. My local nursery carried quite a few different choices of standards, and even a variegated hibiscus tree. Since I have so many roses, it was nice to mix it up and add something different.

I think Navy would be pretty. Something not TOO dark, that is obviously blue rather than one that reads black. I'm currently obsessed with BM Van Deusen Blue at 50%, I have it in my dining room and my kids' bathroom vanity and love it!

mj, ok, I'll try to say this without ruffling your feathers too much, but, you have so many different elements on your home, that they are fighting with each other. two diff style doors, brick, stone, siding, windows with grids, windows without grids, reds, grays, charcoal, white, tan, cream, brown,,,,whew! I'd get a front door that matches your single light french doors. The faux-victorian door you have is just another added element that you don't need. Paint both of the doors gray. see how unifying these two calms things down a bit? If you can, switch out your front door to a single lite or even three light model. If you whitewashed your brick, it would look even better w/that added stone. this was done w/Romabio. imagine your brick done like this. would look much nicer w/your gray and stone work. then you could paint your doors another color. is that the garage over to the left?

Is it better to have the front door and the frame match in the wood stain You will find different points of view about this. IMO, exterior color serves the purpose of wayfinding. Especially important for a front door; It needs to clearly and quickly signal "this is how you get in the house". Aesthetics matter, of course, but the psychological functionality of color on structure is equally important. There is a hierarchy of color distribution to follow. In other words, certain guidelines to color code the parts of a house. The wood stain works to distinguish the entry from everything else - hierarchy. Consider the idea that pulling the window trim color to the entry throws off that hierarchy. While it might look 'fine', in an unconscious psychological wayfinding kind of way, is it confusing? The flip side to that is painting the side lights white will emphasize the actual door. The sidelights are, in fact, windows too. There isn't a single right answer, it comes down to preference. And you feel like you want the entry to stand out more. So, maybe the pop of white on the sidelights is the right answer for you.