Maggie's Factoria garden

Maggie's garden felt open and airy after Scott's mature cramscaped space, although she's definitely working towards that same feeling of enclosure. Maggie started planting the front garden in October of 2019, and the back garden later that year, in the winter. She also had the advantage of starting with a few specimen sized plants she relocated from her previous garden.Plants (agaves!) in the cracks...
Aloiampelos striatula, formerly Aloe striatula
If by chance you remember photos of the seed-grown palm (Trachycarpus Fortunei var Nainital) I unexpectedly brought home from my Seattle trip, this is the garden of the person who grew it. It and a lot more just like it! 
You will see many palms in these photos, Maggie has expertly peppered them throughout the garden. As you can see, she's also a cramscaper...
Now we're looking at the planting area on the opposite side of the driveway from the above photos. Anyone with a daphniphyllum has great plant taste in my book, it's the tall large leafed shrub...
I think the strappy, spiky plant in the front is a Nolina, possibly N. nelsonii, I can't remember for sure and I've already asked Maggie so many questions I didn't want to bother her again for ID.
The interesting thing about that photo above—and every other photo from this post—is that no matter where you look there are amazing plants mixed all together. I see a couple of great mahonia, an arctostaphylos, a Stachyurus salicifolius, and on an on. I call out one or two of my favorites in each photo, but could have highlighted so many more.

Now we're looking back to the front garden where we started (the first five photos). Those bags of soil and amendments remind me that Maggie was out there working when we showed up. It was very kind of her to stop and tour us around. Let's go climb those steps!

I snapped this photo of a perfect Agave montana not yet knowing Maggie grew it from seed, and that I'd be leaving with one.
Beschorneria
Schefflera taiwaniana 
 Schefflera (Heptapleurum) delavayi, and Musa basjoo
Beschorneria yuccoides 'Flamingo Glow' (I think)
Pseudopanax 'Sabre'
Time to check out the back garden...
This was fun to see, a large Metapanax davidii, often confused with Metapanax delavayi—at least when written, they are different enough in person that you could never confuse them.
Short wide leaves, vs. the long thin leaves of M. delavayi.
Such a deceivingly simple combination, but the Azara microphylla on the far right looks so good with the Mahonia gracilipes. I think I need to plant one of these mahonia back by my azara.
Agaves ahoy!
More of the seed-grown Agave montana, I think the one in the upper right-hand corner is the one that came home with me.
Ficus afghanistanica 'Silver Lyre', I believe. I need to find a place for this one in my garden again (the one I had perished).
Puya harmsii
A giant (rotten at the base) tree was recently removed from right on the property line. Maggie has exciting plans for those stump rounds...
Since a few months had elapsed since my visit I messaged Maggie to be sure I was remembering the name of this plant correctly. My mind said "that plant Dan Hinkley was selling as a trevesia but now it's something else" but the photos I found online didn't seem to fit. 
Nope, I was right—it is that plant—a Brassaiopsis dumicola DJHV 8077: "From the mountains of NE Vietnam, this Araliad with cleverly lobed foliage has proven hardy, vigorous and handsome, for partial shade in evenly moist draining soils. To 15', perhaps"

The inflorescence sort of dangles, unlike that of the aralia I am familiar with which are, well, erect.

Last week saw incredibly cold temperatures in the Puget Sound area, Maggie reports 14F as her low and there were several days (four I believe) where the temperatures didn't get above freezing during the daytime. She is cautiously optimistic this beauty is going to be okay. My fingers are crossed.

Did you spot the other cutie in the photo above? That's Ozzie, he was an absolute doll who had me twisted around his tiny paw in no time. I wanted to take him home.
But wait! What's that! Yep, Maggie has a variegated daphniphyllum too—part of a small group of folks who do.
Looking back towards where we walked into the back garden.
I think the Begonia luxurians is in a container, so it's easy to protect in the cold. The tree fern however... she wrapped it and added lights for heat (fingers crossed again).
I love seeing people's work spaces!
I was seriously so blindsided by that striking banana and Tetrapanax papyrifer combo that I almost missed the pond.
But not the ferns! I swooned over the combination of Blechnum chilense/Parablechnum cordatum and (I think) Blechnum penna-marina/Austroblechnum penna-marina...
...and just like that, we end this fabulous garden tour! Thankfully Maggie and Scott were up for posing for a photo. Looking at it now I am overcome with gratitude for all the wonderful plant people I know and get to interact with. You guys are the best!