How do we redo our front shrubs and landscaping?

Once the massive trees in our front yard leaf out in the late spring, our front yard gets almost no sunlight. When our front shrubs (not taken care of and looking really bad from last owners renters) needed to be gone, we turned it into a hosta garden on the east side of the front (front door is right in the middle). The west side we made into a seating area from the house to the side walk. It already had Hostas along the north side of the sidewalk, along part of the front edge of the east side and along the east edge. This arrangement works very well and is so low maintenance once they are established and growing well. We put down pavers for the seating areas and use potted plants in two huge half wine barrels (coleus and elephant ears) and hanging spider plants and pothos, and big pots of hibiscus along the sidewalk of the seating area. We also have four pots that hang on Shepard hooks that are in the front hosta garden along the sidewalk. We usually put tuberous begonias on the hooks. The front of our house now looks like a jungle in the summer!

Thanks so much. The previous owner just put misc shrubs in there for the sale of the house and we pulled them out last fall so I am looking forward to planting something that will thrive this spring.

Rhododendren, azalea, astilbe, brunnera, hosta (if no deer), heuchera, acuba, lamium, spiderwort, Spring bulbs such as daffodils, hyacinth, tulips (if no deer).