Thanks for the suggestions, folks.

What is the soil like? Full sun? Size of the area? Low plants?
bushy? taller, like 10 feet or more?/?

Currently, sandy soil, full sun, probably four feet by 12 feet. We'd
probably prefer relatively low-growing plants, say under two or three
feet. No big shrubs or anything. Daylilies would be an example of the
type of thing we'd like to go for. I'm not sure how drought-tolerant
they are, but they're certainly easy to grow and put on a nice show.

-Fleemo