Strelitizias - bird-of-paradise - are brilliant plants for the easy-care garden - even I have been unable to kill mine, after 14 years! I am NO landscape gardener at all (and my tiny courtyard and balcony mean I mostly rearrange pots rather than anything else . . . ) I think I'd go with strelitizias either side of the doorway, with the cordylines maybe along the rest of the front of the house. North of Perth, lucky you! I'd go with a frangipani down on the front corner by the drive, to make a nice big statement corner. I've found a couple of photos for you (both of which have agaves, and the first one is from Perth landscape company!) - one with a frangipani, the other with a palm of some sort, to give you some idea of what came to my mind. Hope they give you some more inspiration. (But basically, once you've found a plant you really like - maybe the strelitizias, maybe a frangipani! - just put it and 'garden' in a search engine, and you'll be able to browse all sorts of photos.) Have fun! http://www.homeimprovementpages.com.au/connect/gardenartisans/gallerie/featured_projects/207783 and http://www.sunset.com/garden/landscaping-design/front-yard-landscaping/front-yard-landscaping_3

Very pretty plant but keep in mind that it will most likely have a short flowering life. A fiddle Fig is very popular with great leaf shape and easy to manage, just plain green all year round. Mother Inlaws Tongue, Snake Plant is another popular easy to manage plant,

I would use viburnum as they are a great hardy plant, there is the sweet viburnum , or emerald lustre or dense fence, lovely lush foliage and white flowers, need a good free draining soil and to be watered regularly, you can grow them to whatever height you like, they respond beautifully to clipping and enjoy all weathers , a slow release fertiliser during spring keeps them looking beautiful.

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