A trio of Portland drive-by gardens

Today seems like a good time to share some local garden photos I've collected—we'll start here, very near my home. It was the dark house and fence, backed by the orange/red house next door, that initially caught my attention, but then I noticed the rocky hellstrip.Complete with an Agave ovatifolia...
Agave 'Sharkskin'
And so many friends!
The front garden isn't slacking either, there's lots to love there.
Not the least of which is the metal edging and it's angular corners.
This next drive-by visit was a long time coming. I'd gone searching based on a tip from an Instagram friend. I didn't find it that day (although I found another great garden) then several months later she messaged me with a specific address...
You'd be forgiving for thinking it was the palms I was there to see—after all, they had several.


Instead it was that bad boy...
A huge agave!
Complete with pups...
Many pups.
I might have driven by during my earlier quest, but the agave was cleverly hidden behind this bit of fig sculpture. 
Street-side view.
The last entry is the newest, one I spied just last week when we went walking after our Thanksgiving meal. I had just said to Andrew that I wished we were on a different street, I drive this one all the time and so I wasn't expecting to see anything surprising.
That's when I looked over to see three new (to me) Agave ovatifolia, what do you know!?