Their tall stems rise up towards the sky reaching almost two metres in height. On each are several evenly spaced green pompoms.
From each pompom explodes a series of little orange flowers which turn the green bud ball into a fiery orange one.
As each individual orange blossom drops, a sculptured green ball is left behind with little hollow tubes like mouths agape, where the blossoms had once been.
I found a variety of insects including assasin bugs, ants and lady beetles all crawling in and out among the blooms. I have no idea what the plant is. Is it an escaped garden flower or a weed? And where have the seeds come from to produce this bed of beauty?
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