On 22 Sep 2004 01:05:32 -0700, (HoudiniMan)
wrote:

I've been trying to figure out what plant this is.

http://houdini.till-morning.net/tjcoolplant.jpg

It was a photo taken in Thomas Jefferson's front yard at Montecello.

Can anybody help me identify it?

If you don't get answers here, you might try:

http://www.monticello.org/contact.html