Drive around town photos.

Some very nice specimens, Stan. Good for SF, no?

Those cordylines are quite amazing.

Its interesting to see plantings from your area - so very very different from here! The potato tree flowers are gorgeous!

Thanks all.

Klahanie..its kind of a mix of,some much larger then average like the Potato Bush and somethings that take a long time to get there...such as the Brahea flowering,Cereus repandus, or Jade plants large enough to hedge.
The Washingtonia and the NIP pines are just examples of very common plants grown uncommonly well.

Now,the Pink Trumpet vine? This is the first I've seen (too late for bloom)one and the Landscaper put it in a great show spot. Next year!

Superb! All look so lovely in the sunshine, they would be so unhappy here.
The Jade plants and the Cereus repandus are spectacular, you think of them as pot plants, but wow!

Thanks Honey! We do have a high number of sunny days- much more then the USA average. I think what we lack in summer heat..all the sunny days help boost growth for those subtropicals.