Cross Creek Road Trees

When I visit Malibu Lagoon, I usually start my operations from Malibu Country Mart, in Cross Creek Road, just opposite the Lagoon, on the other side of the Pacific Coast Highway. Today these trees caught my eye: first, a peacock-tail-like heavily pruned Ficus tree against the blue sky and secondly an extraordinary Gaudi-like Coral tree- but then Coral trees always are extraordinary...so here they are, starting with the Ficus tree: