6/14 Vegitation

Yesterday was slow (I made $52 off 15 deliveries), so I decided to take the time on the way back to the store and take some pictures. Enjoy.

Can anyone tell me what crop this is?
Only in suburbia can you see perfectly landscaped subdivision trees right in front of a corn field.
Another name that plant. I've seen a ton of these plants cropping up in people's landscaping. The bottom looks like a palm tree or aloe that got impregnated by Alien and burst open.
This is what the top looks like.
Do you know how hard it is to make lens flares on an iPhone?