Perennials!
What I planted today in the flower bed in the front yard along the far end of the flagstone wall:
Coral Bells 'palace purple'
Dianthus 'firewitch'
Gaura 'whirling butterflies'
Coreopsis 'sweet dreams'
False Sunflower 'summer sun'
Rudbeckia- Black eyed Susan's
Caryopteris 'heavenly blue'
Coreopsis 'limerock ruby'
Lysimachia 'Alexander'
Perovskia 'Russian sage'
Gaura 'Pink fountain'
Coreopsis yellow
Hopefully everything will be happy there and the front yard garden will become as effortless to maintain as the backyard perennial garden that just takes care of itself.