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Echinacea, Other Flower, Weed?

Annie (Georgia / USDA Hardiness Zone 8A)

6 years ago

There was a blooming Echinacea / Purple Coneflower in the pot below last year, it died back. Hopefully this is the coneflower returning, can someone please confirm. Thank you.

I had an Echinacea in the pot below last year. It (expectedly) did not bloom and died back in the winter. Is this the Echinacea returning or something else?

Plant ID please.

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Embothrium
6 years ago
The middle one looks just like it the other two a little different. The last one for instance might be a Rudbeckia.
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peren.all Zone 5a Ontario Canada
6 years ago
I would say the first 2 pics look like Echinacea but the 3rd pic looks more like a Rudbeckia
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Annie (Georgia / USDA Hardiness Zone 8A)
Original Author
6 years ago
Thanks for the responses. I hope that at least 2 are Echinacea but Rudbeckia is fine too. I am glad to hear that they are more than likely actual flowers and not weeds.
jenn a
6 years ago
i use an app called Picture This to identify mystery plants!
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