Hi kwwd-
You are so welcome- I am glad to be of help!
The pots that you have are very nice, as are the tall and spiky greenery already in them. It looks very striking to have pots with tall spiky things in the middle and mounds and trailing things on the edges. If you have several pots in that colorway, since good clay pots can be pricey, why not pick a door color that will harmonize with those pots, and take an empty pot with you to the paint store.
Since you live in Georgia, why not get on the email list of Southern Living magazine, it is free, and they have tons and tons of decorating and gardening and landscaping and cooking and everything. It is just wonderful, I love it!
It seems you need a bit of landscaping and surely you know that planting the dogwood, magnolia and azalea that flourish where you are will bring such a profusion of white and pink your place will look like a fairyland! Begonia will do well too.
Come to think of it, since you are in a sense, starting from scratch with all of it, I bet you could write to the magazine for suggestions, and maybe they could make you a "case study."
You know who else does that for people who write in? Have you ever seen the show on PBS Educational television called P. Allen Smith's Garden Home? He is based out of Arkansas and he talks about gardening, landscaping, decorating, cooking, etc. People write in and ask about all kinds of advice and he shows photos of their house and he gives advice about how they can enhance their place. Of course he does this for a living too, no doubtedly for a pretty penny. His kitchen is marvelous, it's a huge U-shaped kitchen with space for 7 people since he often has television production people and helpers.
There must be a local garden club where you are too, just full of people with life experience and advice to share and lots of plant cuttings to give! (Coleus is so easy to propagate, you don't even need any rooting hormone powder.)
From Southern Living:
Seasonal Flower Guide
Spring: azalea, daffodil, forsythia mandevilla, dogwood, wisteria, bearded iris (pictured), peony
Summer: hydrangea, daylily, gardenia, crinum, lantana, crepe myrtle, impatiens, zinnia
Fall: pansy, aster, sugar maple, beautyberry, ginger lily sasanqua camellia, holly, autumn crocus, mum
Winter: winterberry, Colorado blue spruce, amaryllis, Lenten rose, rosemary, saucer magnolia, flowering quince, crocus
https://www.southernliving.com/home-garden/gardens/10-best-yard-landscaping-ideas#enjoy-colorful-flowers-year-round
122 Container Gardening Ideas
https://www.southernliving.com/home-garden/gardens/creativecontainergardens#orangegreen-container-garden-image
Here I am planning out your life for you, goodness!
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