Yes: the bottom line is, for whatever reasons you didn't get the design you wanted.

Post a photo of the plan (not a tiny photo) in order to get an opinion.

I want a continuous screen of mostly evergreen shrubs about 5 ft tall. to soften the view of the cars, street, etc. This color theme wraps around the lawn to below the window, but with some more different plants (including cedrus "feeling blue").

I'd like it be mostly green (shades of green, with the variety in texture), with some seasonal interest like a cool bark color, red fall leaves, etc. I prefer drought tolerant/low water.

Thanks so much for the help!

When a wall of conifers is being used a good scheme is three kinds, with one plant of a yellow kind in the center, flanked by two of a blue kind with the rest all a single green kind. This is more interesting than all one green kind, without being too much.

However if you are going to continue with a mixed planting containing more than one type of plant then you might want a uniform green backdrop for more colorful plants in front.

The main immediate problems I see with the existing proposal - as you have presented it here - is that there is too much yellow (and probably blue). And it does not provide the screening you want.

Beyond that I again think you should tell your designer it's not what you want, try (again?) to make it clear what you do want. If that leads nowhere then get another designer - it would definitely be preferable to have someone come to the property and find out what is involved in person.

This is plan for the landscaping along a fence

MZ, if you can activate your messaging option, I would like to reach out to you :-) Or you can contact me via my messaging option.

You can periodic foliage burn due to cold from pineapple guava this far north.

My quick gut reaction to your picture "plan" is that the two large evergreens flanking the gate will become oppressive. Too much color variation & busy arrangement. Too narrow of a bed for all that material. would like to see some consistent groundcover transversing most or all of the bed. One presumes you want a lot of privacy from the street, not a landscape that invites passersby to look into the yard.