I've driven by this garden a hundred times...

Seriously, I have driven by this house at least a hundred times. I never once noticed the garden until last week, when it made such an impression I had to circle back to get a closer look.

It was the oddly (in a good way) pruned conifers, with their little trunks, that first caught my eye.

For a moment I thought maybe they were Chamaecyparis lawsoniana 'Wissel's Saguaro' but after looking at online photos I've decided they aren't "saguaro-y" enough to be.

The extra-wide hellstrip was nicely planted up.
Blooming Euphorbia, with their chartreuse bracts, brighten up a grey cloudy day.

And the blooming Heathers/Heaths (help!?) add color and texture.

A nice way to frame a neighbor's tree.
Yucca filamentosa 'Color Guard' sentinels at the property line.
With a gorgeous Phormium backer.

Times two on the other side.

A thin side yard gets tall Bamboo for privacy.

And a third similarly pruned-up conifer, in the front garden, for balance.

So much color, without the screaming of spring bulbs.
Does the Trachycarpus seem a little random to you? I can't decide.

On top of the side wall...

At the driveway/garage end...
What a nice (and nicely tended) garden.

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