for groundcovers, consider the ornamental sweet potatoes: Ipomoea batatas x. 'Margarita' or x. 'Blackie' or x. 'Ace of Spades'

Why flowering? Try the hot foliage colors of crotons, or of 'Red Sister' Ti plants, or some of the way kewl newer caladiums that take the sun...

sea ya
tami

Hi Jesse. I like plumeria.Picture below.John

Here is a link that might be useful: plumeria

There are multiple blue Fescue grasses that are low clump formers, evergreen and very blue but I don't know if they will live in your zone or not.