The head behind him is one of those doll heads for hairstyling that I cut cut the top off faux copper painted it and planted chives in it. It has actually held up for 3 years now.

Son, it ain't the Feds you need to be rollin yer eyes about.. it's them ambulance chasers that will come sniffin after the OP backs over a kid or somethin - or succeeds in bashin hisself up due to no seat safety sw function (and you toll him how to defeat it on a public forum ?...) whoeeee.... :)

Which species/cultivar are you considering? We have successfully grown Ligularia dentata 'Desdemona' and L. tussilaginea & cultivars 'Argentea', 'Aureomaculata' for about 20 years. Cultivars 'Cristata' & 'Kagami Jishi' were added about 5-6 years ago and are also doing well. Ligularia stenocephala 'The Rocket' and L. przewalskii failed to survive for more than a few years. They seem to require more moisture than the above listed species/cultivars. All like a shady location, in moisture retentive soil. I haven't determined if soil composition makes any material difference in their performance. Seedlings seem to thrive almost anywhere. But they are all green, darn it! Ligularia tussilaginea (sometimes listed as Farfugium japonica) is somewhat tender in my Zone and I usually protect the cultivars when temperatures are predicted below 10°F. All of the one's we grow have those yellow ray-flowers in late summer, that many gardeners don't like. But there are plenty of other plants blooming, with different colors and as long as the bees and butterflies don't mind, neither do we! You might give them a try, 'Variety is the Spice of Life' (Proverb) Rb

Thank you! I searched that, and I think they’re passionvine hopper nymphs, Scolypopa australis. The adults are brown winged moth-like insects which I did see last season. So these are their babies. Interesting for sure, and almost cute (they’re also known as fluffy bums apparently), but not really. Look like a mission to treat.