Adding photos of your home in the comments below may get you some ideas. It works best if you add them in the comments rather than trying to add them to the original post. You will have to wait until the initial grayed out image gets full colorbefore hitting the submit button.

For particular plants, you may do better to ask on the forum for that specific type of plant such as shrubs, trees, or perennials. There is also a New England forum that is fairly active that may have suggestions.

[Shrubs forum[(https://www.houzz.com/discussions/shrubs-forum-dsbr0-bd~t_30010)

[Trees forum[(https://www.houzz.com/discussions/trees-forum-dsbr0-bd~t_30032)

[Annuals forum[(https://www.houzz.com/discussions/annuals-forum-dsbr0-bd~t_29816)

[Perennials forum[(https://www.houzz.com/discussions/perennials-forum-dsbr0-bd~t_29989)
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Thanks! Can you add one more that is taken from out by the public sidewalk directly out from the door. If this doesn’t show the whole front yard, add one taken from the same spot but turned somewhat to the right of center and another turned somewhat to the left of center so we can see the whole yard from one property line to the other? I am wondering about tree placement as well as front beds. I realize it is dark where you are now, so tomorrow is fine.

Kudos to whoever laid out the foundation beds since they are generous in depth. I might swing out the corner on the left side of the house to create a portion of a circle attached to the bed so that you have enough room for a small flowering tree.

Is your location coastal or inland?

some ideas:

I see there are trees at the left of your house. Make sure you show them when you capture the view tomorrow. It looks like a good place to stand to take pictures is just left of the mailbox, at the curb. Take slightly overlapping pictures that pan from left to right. Take from same location for all pictures of same scene.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/9108641/The-30-plants-that-can-help-protect-your-home-against-burglary.html

"... a good place to stand to take pictures is just LEFT of the mailbox, at the curb ..."

(Your curb.)

For the area between the garage and the porch steps, consider the shrub Kalmia latifolia, mountain laurel. Check height of the particular cultivar you choose, but it will grow, bloom in spring, and provide an evergreen presence as a backdrop, even in a good amount of shade. Be sure to site far enough out from the house to allow growth. In front of or around them plant shade tolerant groundcovers such as some of the spreading Epimediums or Hosta (if you don’t have deer) or a shade tolerant sedge like Carex Ice Dance or Veronica Georgia Blue or Japanese forest grass, Hakonechloa macra. There is also one low growing evergreen shrub for shade, Microbiota descussata aka Russian cypress although it isn’t a cypress at all.

http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?taxonid=284961

Across the front of the porch consider one of the smaller Hydrangea arborescens such as Wee White or MiniMauvette, underplanted with the same evergreen groundcover as you used for the mountain laurel by the garage. You don’t want plants that grow much taller than the porch floor, and they need to be able to withstand possible snow dum off the porch roof. Then off the left corner of the porch, swing the bed outward and plant one of the larger growing mountain laurels, also underplanted with evergreen groundcover.

If you plant for the ultimate growth size of your plants which I strongly recommend, the garden will look sparse for the first few years. Plan to add either in pots or in the ground some shade loving annuals to add interest while your shrubs and perennials gain size. You could also add three good-sized hanging pots of flowers in the center of each of the porch sections, two front and one at the side.