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

Moved into a house last year and the landscaping was awful. We pulled everything out (tons of pavers included) and went back simple. We put Sweet Olive shrubs on the sides of the house, and then staggered giant liriope, lily of the nile, and dwarf azaleas. Did the same in the back but used gardenias in place of the dwarf azaleas. Instead of pavers we just build the beds up a little and didnt use anything for the borders. Placed weed barrier around all that and then topped it off with pinestraw. Have to add new pinestraw every year but its maintenance free for the most part. Looks good and is very simple

One thing to keep in mind is to make sure you do not build up your beds too close to the house, you want to be able to see the slab or else termites have an easy path to the inside of your house