Neat idea with the orchids.
Crystal, I have the same problem, my house is the log cabin siding with a red metal roof. I have a large front porch with good afternoon sum. Most of my yard in front is shade with some small areas getting full sun at some time in the day. We've had about 15 trees cut down and need about 10 more cut. A friend of my neighbor cut them down for wood to heat his house. Instead of hiring find someone who needs the wood.
I put in a large triangle garden on one side of the porch and the other side has clematis. On yours a pretty Autumn Clematis would be great. My triangle garden has red, white, and blue clematis as the background for hardy hibiscus and lilies and so forth, lots of different colors. Farther down in the yard I have a large garden in progress with roses and mums and dogwood, in the middle I have a tire pyramid and they are painted all different colors. The bottom tier has perennials and the upper tiers have annuals. I hope this will give you ideas.
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