No clue what these guys are called, but they grow in huge clumps around here and grow to about 6 feet tall, I think. They were the first new growth that attracted my attention years ago when we moved here. They can catch the sun like nothing else I know!
They are growing here now, especially along our highway. Think that for all their loveliness they are an invasive plant. They seem to have wiped out another invasive plant that preceded them.