For a border along shrub beds consider the 'landscapers trench'. Just need a landscapes shovel and a maintenance now and then. It's as much work as anything else but looks the best. Other borders like bricks, etc. are a trap for weeds and mildew and look like crap after awhile. Mound up your shrub beds to be several inches higher that the surrounding grass, what the pros do.
For plants it is really hard to find something you don't have to rip out every 5 years. A few things that have worked/not worked for us:
- Mugo Pines are slow growing. It took 20 years for them to get any size. If you like evergreens, they are pretty little pine bushes.
- Blue Star junipers are slow growing and attractive
- Red Maple seedlings look great in shrub beds for years before getting too big
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