This year I noticed what-looked-like corn on the cob wraps appearing at the
base of some stems, but didn't recognise them as seed pods.
Within a couple of weeks the pods sprouted like triffids - very strange
looking!


I thought that by now someone would have pointed out that these are
not seed pods, they are infact theflower buds, well the covering for
the flower heads to be more precise
..http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/f...b-in-bloom.jpg
after flowering the seeds all hang loose from the stem
http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/f...seed20head.jpg
David Hill