Landscape design and swimming pool in Palm Springs

 

This is one of our projects from 2023 in Palm Springs, CA, were we have provided an integral design of a new house in the desert, plus landscape and swimming pool. Rounded clusters of succulents and cactus are shown at the front yard, in contrast with the orthogonal shape of the new house.

A winding stones path on the north is leading to a rest rear area, as the end of the perspective there is the pit with a (shadow) trellis. Next to it, towards the south, we have located the  swimming pool with three square planters plus one round, all of them with native plants. The ground is covered with pea stone except the solarium area which has permeable pavers.

The house has a patio cover as an extension of the family room, providing a continuous space from the public interior areas to the exterior. 

The house is surrounded by beautiful mountains, with views from west to east. The address is not provided here due to privacy for our client.

Part of the swimming pool cross sections

Senna Pendula- Cassia Splendida

 

Senna Pendula as seen during Fall season. Photo by Myriam Mahiques, personal archives 2023

This is a splendid flowering tree that I came across in my neighborhood. It is called Senna Pendula or Cassia Splendida. The branches were extended to the sidewalk and to the neighbor's driveway, creating such a beautiful canopy. 

From Wikipedia: 

"Senna pendula, also known as Easter Cassia, Christmas Senna, winter Senna, climbing Cassia, golden shower, pendant Senna and valamuerto, is a plant of the Fabaceae family with a shrub habit that is native to South America. It used in various parts of the world as an ornamental plant and is an environmental weed in Australia. The flowers are yellow and the name pendula means 'pendulous' or 'drooping'. It is a fast-growing, spreading, scrambling or erect shrub that reaches 2–4 metres in height with multi-branched and arching stems and branches. Its single-compound, hairless leaves feature three to six duos of wide leaflets that are 1–5 cm long and 5–20 mm wide with rounded tips and salient yellowish margins. Its bright yellow flowers, which are about 3 cm across, have five large petals and are foaled in leafy clumps at the tips of the branches. The fruit is in a cylindrical pod (10–20 cm long and 6–12 mm wide) that hangs down. It flowers prominently at Easter in the southern hemisphere (or early autumn), hence its common name. It also has an insignificant flowering season in early summer (around Christmas in the southern hemisphere)."

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