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What plants would looks best in our garden?

My husband and I purchased and apartment building in Oct. When we purchased the building, we noticed the problem with the building is that the landlord did nothing with it. There is a part of the property line (about 200 yards long) that is nothing but weeds. We will be taking out the weeds when the ground thaws. Afterwards, we wanted to make a simple yet elegant flower garden along the property line. The building is a large red brick. We will be accenting the building with white (we are replacing some porches this summer and using white vinyl columns due to our being located between a highway and road. This is also why we want this part of the property covered with something and we thought flowers would be nice with a fence instead of only a fence) Anyways I am interested in the Japanese red maple and the mount fiji flowering cherry. We are in zone 6. Any suggestions for trees/shrubs/plants/flowers we could use? (we were trying to use a red palet with pinks whites some purples and even 'black') Open to all suggestions (we would like to do this ourselves as my brother is a landscaper and able to assist if we need him. Please do not suggest us hire someone. This a project my husband and I would like to try together :)

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1. The maple and the cherry should work fine in your zone. They are both on the slower growing side but will provide structure without over powering size. I'd recommend using some ornamental grasses such as Shenandoah Switch Grass and Red Silver Miscanthus. These would continue the red color theme and could be left unpruned through the winter to provide motion and soften the bare aspect of the maples and cherries. Sargent Crabapples are more shrub-like, about 8 feet tall, and have red buds that open to white flowers followed by persistent tiny red fruit. Use the trees toward the back, the grasses in the middle and in the front use Japanese Blood Grass & red/white pinwheel Petunias. Luck.