Beginner Gardening: Ideas for Front Lawn Garden, 1 by ecrane3

ecrane3 wrote:
What's the sun/shade situation in the yard? Most of your plants look like sun plants, but the hostas will need shade and probably a bit more water than many of the other things.

Salvia is another wonderful choice for sun that does great in our climate--there are tons of different ones in a variety of colors and many of them have long bloom periods. Between the flagstones you might consider some sort of thyme...I have wooly thyme in a couple places and it's very nice, and I know other people use creeping thyme for that same purpose. I also have coreopsis and yarrow in my front yard, they're good for sunny areas too

If you want some more lawn-free inspiration, here's a pic of part of my lawn-free front yard: