We are planning on planting some gardenias. We want to plant some other flowers in the bed with them.?

Any ideas on what other plants would work well in that bed? We live in Georgia, so drought tolerant would be a plus
We are planning on planting some gardenias. We want to plant some other flowers in the bed with them.?
Gardenias get big mine r over 7 feet tall but u can keep them cut however u want but they will suck a lot of nutrients from other plants so ur gonna have to give them a good space between anything else u plant by them.