And the winner of the best COVIDtime landscape remodel is...

Out on a COVID lockdown walk last spring Andrew and I discovered this dark house and it's excellent plantings (click over here for a look at that post). However, things are looking even better now as they've installed some mighty fine planters and laid down a lot of interesting mulch...Pretty sweet, right? 
I am absolutely swooning over those staggered Corten planters and their contents.
I also appreciate that the plants I first saw in March were moved into the new spaces, rather than being tossed out and new ones brought in.
That is one shiny opuntia, and the white spikes behind it provide the perfect backdrop.
The containers on the other side of the driveway have increased in number.
And that Agave 'Blue Glow' is quite the looker out there in the corner.
The  gravel mulch continues around the front of the house.
And the detail of the corner and it's precise turn is much appreciated by my eye.
I can't remember if those steps were there in the earlier version or not.
And while I suspect that little mound might just be waiting to be spread out, I like it just as it is.
Well done neighbor!