Beginner Gardening: Pine tree flowerbed overhaul, 1 by Eleven

Eleven wrote:
Last February, we moved into our new house. In the summer, I discovered one of the front tree beds contained an invasive vine as shown in the photo below.

Looks pretty, huh? It sent out tendrils with suckers that attached to anything and everything. You can see some of the stuff drooping on the tree trunk near the lower branches where I couldn't reach. Ugh! It was also growing around the hostas, into the lawn, and across the driveway before I pruned it.

So last weekend, I ripped all of its roots out before it could take over.

I was wondering if anyone could offer suggestions on a replacement planting? I have a few small green/white hostas on the far side of the bed, but right now the rest is a huge pile of dirt. Sorry there's no pic of the dirt yet.

I was thinking of of Bugleweed "Metallica crispa" (http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/58219/) and bought three starter plants yesterday. I also picked up two dwarf Rhododendron impeditum (http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/63566/) for another bed, but maybe they'd do better here? I just read that they can be picky/touchy, but at least here they'd have some acidic soil.

Thanks for reading to the end. Any other ideas for a master plan? I'm so excited to get this bed all laid out this year!!