A small planting island with concrete curbing contains fireball bromeliads, Burle Marx philodendrons, and clumping reclinata palms. Variegated sanchezia bush flanks the gate to the backyard, and lady palms soften the brick wall.
Preexisting clumping cabada palms were retained, underplanted with shade-loving mondo grass and native wart fern, and a winding path of crushed shell was added for maintenance access.
A detail of the entry garden shows ringed cabada palm trunks with their colors echoed by the brilliant white crushed shell and deep green mondo grass.
Careful attention to detail marks the four way intersection of the entry porch, low voltage lighting in a bed of mondo grass, crushed shell maintenance path, and driveway with concrete pavers set in crushed shell.