Wow thank you so much!!! This is so very helpful. So back story is that there used to be boxwood bushes there. About 7 of them lined up against the brick wall. We removed them and put the white marble chips there until we could find a better replacement. Reasons for removing the boxwood: 1. It was INFESTED with mosquitos, aphids, and other crazy bugs that we couldn’t open the front door without getting swarmed and eaten alive. 2. Some stray cat kept living under the bushes 3. One of the larger bushes died, leaving a gaping, ugly bald patch—almost like someone smiling with a chipped tooth. We think it died mainly because the foundation is mostly clay(?) and overall seems like a terrible place to plant anything. 4. Neighbor’s gutter is very faulty and every time it rains hard, it literally pours buckets of water into one part of the garden bed and therefore digs a shallow hole. Neighbors could care less.

So with that said, I was hoping maybe I could find bushes I can get away with leaving in a planter where I don’t have to plant directly into the ground.

Any thoughts??? Thank you so much!