CORN PALMS

CORN PALMS ARE A SMALL PALM TREE WHICH GROWS EVERYWHERE IN Florida AND LOOK EXACTLY LIKE A LARGE CORN PLANT. I HAVE GROWN THEM FOR YEARS BUT AFTER THREE DAYS OF RAIN THEY BLOSSOMED. I NEVER SAW A BLOSSOM On THIS LOWELY PLANT BUT THEY ARE QUITE UNIQUE - A LARGE SPIRALING STRING OF FLOWERS THAT EMERGE ON A CENTRAL STEM. THEY START OUT A DULL YELLOW AND TURN PINK.

I ASSUME THE FLOWERS WILL FORM SEEDS AND THEN WATCH OUT AS OUR YARD WILL RESEMBLE A CORN FIELD. I WILL CUT SOME OF THEM AND HOPE THE SEEDS DON'T SPREAD. NATURE IS WONDERFUL.