Beginner Gardening: butterfly weed..., 1 by abl_newbie

abl_newbie wrote:
Hi all...
This is probably a very stupid question, but - What's going on here with my butterfly weed?
Obviously, these are seeds right? But when all of these "pods" appeared on my plant, I thought they would open to be more leaves or the flowers...So I guess that's not how it works?

Does that mean all of the green "pods" that are on the plant right now will open with these fuzzy seeds?

Should I collect them? Pull them off?

I was disappointed when recently all of the blooms fell off, but these pods started popping up so I just figured that would be more flowers...

Can someone please explain the basics to a dummy like me?

Thanks...