Tell you what we did ... I got one of those programs, but I just didn't have time to learn it (busy at work)...so, we went to a local garden center (a dealer not a big box) and they agreed to have one of their on-site gurus suggest plants for us. I had to give them pics. of the house and a drawing on graph paper, but they filled it in with plant suggestions and it turned out really nice (in the front, I still have to do my pool area - arrrr).