re: You're tasked with creating a low maintenance flower bed. What do you include?

Depends on how much sunlight the areas get but Shi Shi Camelias, Variegated Flax Lily, Agapanthus, Drift Roses, Encore Azaleas-just make sure to get ones that do not get to large for your area (dwarf or intermediate), Indian Hawthornes-however they are prone to get diseases, boxwoods. Just go to a local nursery and see what you like