re: How much do you spend annually on flowerbeds?

about $100-200 on annual color. Have my shrubs and perennials that are virtually no maintenance/cost except for trimming back as necessary (dwarf yaupon holly, azaleas, lantana, daylily, flax lily). I did spent a few hundred on Soft Scapes mulch last year, which has held color well and supposedly does so for years. Unfortunately I read on a thread here that the company that produced it went bankrupt, so likely will be supplementing with crushed pine needle as needed for bare spots moving forward.