When I ripped out the hedges a few months ago, the plan was to create beds that would provide interest all year long and require little maintenance/water.
I had a few plants already in place …
Spineless Prickly Pair, Purple Trailing Lantana, Society Garlic, Volunteer Red Autumn Sage, Seasonal Oxalis, Feather Grass
Dwarf Palmetto
Rosemary
I decided to go with the color scheme of the existing plants and keep everything in purple, yellow and red.
I added …
Butterfly Iris, similar to bicolor iris, but I really like the delicate flowers, and of course the color
Varigated Society Garlic
Desert Willow Tree
Buttercup Lantana
Hot Lips Salvia
Additional Rosemary
New Gold Lantana, Additional Society Garlic, Additional Feather Grass
The bed was already anchored on the one side with a good size pyracantha bush.
I anchored the other side with a Pineapple Guava.
willsfamilyacres 
Lots of great plants selections in your new bed. I haven’t tried the buttercup lantana yet. Do you know if it’s habit is more like the trailing purple or the new gold lantana.
Looks more mounding, like the gold
Congrats on the new foundation beds, Laura. It’ll be so much prettier than hedges.