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I see a lot of uniformity and "evenness." There is no color definition, no eye-pleasing numeric proportionality, nor is there enough texture variation. Actually, the texture variation that you have gone with is too severe. You have small, round and soft being invaded by long, thin and sharp. Another area of proportion that you should pay more attention to is height and overall size. You have only accented your sharp corners with tall (approx. 6 ft., I say), narrow, imposing plants that drastically give way to short (as little as 18in in some cases), plump plants. Finally, I think that you need to narrow your plant selection down to just three, maybe four. I count as many as eight or nine different species, including the two tree and their beds. That is simply too much for the eyes to handle. Oh, speaking of the two trees and their beds: the plastic edging is a gross contrast to the white stone border around the house. There is no theme in your front yard. If you can manage all of that on your own, great. I would at least do a LOT of looking and reading if you continue to d-i-y. Otherwise, I would take the kind advice of the others and hire it out.
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