Yeah, we've got those mysterious "showed up overnight" plants here around Atlanta too.....except they're disguised as pine trees.

They're called cell towers.

At least they TRIED to make it look better than a pole with electronics on top.

C'mon now I realize it's early, but I'm looking for a humorous genus & species here. Since we're bound to see more of these, they should have a name. LOL

I believe it's the rare Phoenix cellphonicus! Beautiful specimen and I hear they are quite drought tolerant.

Can you send me some seeds?

Dedecor radiata

I wonder if these things rust.....;-)

I've seen one as a pine tree before.

Thanks mike4284m & JW you've got the spirit.

Everyone wants good cell phone service these days, but no one wants the towers in their neighborhood. I work for an enginnering firm that designs telecom tower sites & you wouldn't believe all the zoning regulations & other beaurocratic red tape we have to go thru to get a new tower site approved & built. Cell towers are now being disguised as palm & pine trees, saguaro cactus in the SW, church steeples, flag poles....you name it, anything to lessen the visual eyesore & gain zoning approval.

It's pretty creative. I've seen the Pinus Cellphonicus already, but cacti? .....can't wait 'til I see that one. As an added plus, my microwave oven works better these days too.

I just have to find seeds for unautre!

It could possibly be a Verizionius (ver-I-zee-o-neous) cellphonicus, or it's close cousin the Sprintus communicatus. Okay, okay, I got nothin'...

electronicus cellsteelia ?

Too funny