The cactus is Opuntia cacanapa 'Ellisiana'

https://www.gardenista.com/posts/landscaping-ideas-low-water-dry-gardens-daniel-nolan/amp/

Thank you! Any idea what the groundcover is?

The cactus is definitely an opuntia but I would be hesitant to claim a specific species. There are species native to all of the 48 contiguous states and this is just as likely to be the very commonly found and planted Texas opuntia, Opuntia engelmannii var. lindheimeri.

Would need a much closer and detailed photo to ID the minty green groundcover :-)

I wouldn't be hesitant, because it's stated right in the article what species he used lol.😆 I couldn't come up with that one all by myself.

LOL! Might have helped if I had checked that link :-) But to be honest, one opuntia looks much like another, especially when grown in an area where these sorts of plants are common, like TX, SoCal and much of the southeast.

Too bad they neglected to ID the groundcover as well.

The groundcover may be trailing rosemary (trimmed recently) but it's just a guess. The bloom color is a match.

Yes, I really wish they had ID'd the groundcover because that seems to be the hardest to pinpoint. I love the color and texture of it. Would love to use it in my space.

I've heard it called carpet rosemary, trailing rosemary or creeping rosemary. If you get it, be prepared for A LOT of maintenance and constant trimming. It grows fast.

Not at all convinced it is the rosemary :-) Rarely does that ever come across as a mint color and enlarging the inspiration photo, the plant in question appears to have rounded leaves, not the narrow needle-like foliage of a rosemary.

One groundcover that would provide a very similar appearance - and is happy in hot, dry places - is sunrose, Helianthemum nummularium.

Yea, I'm not entirely sure it is rosemary either but I appreciate your feedback/help!

What about Santolina? I'm not familiar with it. I once longed to grow it.

This is a pro photo, made with color enhancing filters. I wouldn't trust the color...

Probably not santolina, as that is much more upright.

Possibly one of the prostrate Westringia species, but without a closer pic of leaves, hard to tell.

The photo is too distant, but throwing out Dorycnium hirsutum as another possibility.

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why not a heavily pruned:

Not anything with needle like foliage. Maybe something like Teucrium fruticans? Daniel Nolan has a website. You could just ask him.

I would have guessed Opuntia cacanapa 'Ellisiana' for the cactus without reading the article. It is a very unique looking cactus, even for a prickly pear. It is spineless for most part, but can have some glochids. This varies though. One I saw in Tulsa had very few glochids. A very 'friendly' prickly pear and one I wouldn't mind messing with.

The ground cover is more difficult to ID from this distance. Why don't you ask the landscaper who designed it....Daniel Nolan? https://www.danielnolandesign.com/

From this distance it could be Juniper, Dalea greggii, Leucophyllum candidum, or any number of trailing silver-foliaged plants.

Be careful contacting him, he wants permission for use of his photos. 😳 You might get yourself in trouble.lol I wish he was more transparent about his plant pallette, I don't care for his style, too repetitive and not enough diversity. This planting here is his best imo.

Why don't you post it on the Texas site. I was just there for 19 months and saw the same plant used in parking lots and flower boxes outside restaurants. The color really is spot on!

It is the *color* of Dichondra Argentea 'Silver Falls', but I don't think the leaves are large enough to be that. Also, I've never seen it form that thick of a mat, although I don't know what it would do if sheared regularly. But it's probably a TX native I've never heard of, lol.

Best photo I could find. See the first thumbnail: Dichondra 'Silver Falls'

Hi Everyone, thanks for the help! I talked with a landscape architect and he speculates either: Chrysanthemoides incana, Dalea greggi, Eremophila glabra Grey Horizon or Rhagodia spinescens (says likely the first one).