What kind of soil do you have? Is it a sunny area or a shady area? Zone 8, right? Omar

From what I can make out, it seems you are doing what is commonly called "overplanting" meaning putting too many plants in too small of a space. When you are starting out fresh this seems like a good idea because the new plants are small and the area looks good, not sparse. But the small plants quickly outgrow the space and then you have problems--it looks messy, you have to constantly prune, you can't get around the plants to maintain them, weeds hide underneath and around them, and they hold moisture against the house which can cause wear and tear. It is very important that you read and follow the plant labels and space your plants allowing for the mature size of the plants. If the label doesn't tell you the species of plant and mature size, don't buy it, find a more reputable nursery to buy from. As for barberry, I don't much care for it even discounting the invasive part. I spend a great deal of time pulling it out of the native woodlands adjacent to my planted spaces, so I really think it is a mistake. Good alternatives are dwarf fothergilla, Pieris japonica if you have deer problems in your zone, (is that what "Japanese Dorothy" is?). Lowbush blueberries, winterberry holly, magic carpet spirea, dwarf weigela, dwarf sweetshrub, dwarf clethra, golden globe arborvitae, shrubby cinquefoil . . . all good alternatives to barberry.

if hapypaws meant thuja green giants .... be clear.. that you do not have room for those .... period ... [your welcome hapy] if you want to throw in some vertical aspects.. look into degroots spire .... comparatively thinner in the years to come .... https://duckduckgo.com/?q=Thuja+occidentalis+%27DeGroot%27s+Spire%27&t=ffcm&iax=images&ia=images my first thought.. along the garage.. was also ... drag those ugly bushes toward the fence.. and make the walkway along the building ... though im not sure as to ID .. and the cost/benefit of moving those things .... the spires might look better along the fence ... and give you a wider walkway ..... you probably have to get the lawnmower thru that space???? .. is it a rider??? as to general planting.. see link ... note the timing aspect .... planting is an early spring thing.. not the heat of summer thing .... so either get it done early.. or wait until fall ... for best chance at success .... or bifurcate your your plan ... https://sites.google.com/site/tnarboretum/Home/planting-a-tree-or-shrub why are you fixated on holly??? .. nothing wrong with them.. you just mention them many times ... plz give us a more specific big city name .... if you plan on joining us more often.. its best to go to your members page and add you location.. as you note most of us have ... it matters ... you too hapy!!! is snow load damage really a zone 7 issue???? lastly ... do not plant so far down the driveway.. that you have problems with seeing down the road when backing out .... ken ps: whats the tree out from the porch toward the monster tree??? ... how far is it from the porch??? .. and while your are at it.. whats the totem pole tree and whats the deal with that?????

That picture brings me a sense of instant happiness, haha! Thank you for taking the time to throw that together! What types of plants are those? And is the pic at least relatively to scale...as in I could fit those in that area? Fence to driveway is ~13 feet width. I guess we could stop the line of trees a little short of the street and at least see a little bit of our fence poking through...