Beginner Gardening: how can i improve my all-boxwood amateur attempt...?, 1 by smileLP

smileLP wrote:
hi, we have a medium sized (older) house in suburbia

we had to lose the pretty hedges cuz they had gotten so tall they made the house look tiny, and there was nothing to trim back w/o just leaving just "twigs"

so, amateur and (possibly fool that) i am, i had this guy come and plant boxwoods (see picture)

the boxwoods are fine, per se, but they are just kinda.... bland. i think the arrangement needs some variety or color or SOMETHING

can you tell me what some of the most common "solutions" to this kind of situation might be? different sizes (there's not much room to plant extra stuff, but we'd make room if it'd help), some colorful perennials (ideally, deer resistant), ground cover (i was thinking maybe creeping myrtle or sweet william for color contrast)

also thinking of "bringing the whole thing forward" via some curvy dividers and adding stuff in front of the boxwoods. one idea might be much smaller boxwoods. that would be contrast, but not color or shape wise

i am not even ruling out those red cedar chips or whatever for in front and in between?

any help gratefully appreciated. att'd is a photo of how things stand now. the shrubs have grown a bit since this was taken, getting a bit leggier which is good as we like the "wild look" and don't like too finely manicured

thanks

richard/pleasantville NY