Opuntia ahoy—and more

I visited late in September. I suspect the tree just behind the fence, center of the photo, was felled by our wicked Labor Day windstorm, the one that started the horrible firestorms. I used Google Maps street-view to discover that it was a large, lovely Albizia julibrissin.
Ouch!
Looks like a cable was taken down as well.
Danger!
The sidewalk view...
It's a corner lot, this is the south-side (previously we we were looking at the west-facing front). I really love the way the fence is set back from the sidewalk substantially, allowing for a wide planting area at its base.
Another look at the south-side.
The interesting thing about this garden is that it's made up of relatively few plants, repeated over and over. Tall palms, feather grass, yucca, euphorbia...
And opuntia! There were many spiky opuntia, most of them growing in the hell-strips.
I especially love this combination. The whole thing was very well put together, and a little on the wild-side.

And this! I put up an image of this paring on Instagram and got several witty comments. I think "Stop. Yucca time!" was my favorite.
Here's the back view, you can see how the yucca is using the sign-pole for support.
Just a couple more images...




And then I headed back to my car, and spotted this just up the street. Fun! Although the couch needs to go.
Nice tile work...
And what almost looks like an accidental planting of sempervivum and sedum on top of the clay oven.

Shine (bright like a diamond)...

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