I planted coneflower and Black-eyed Susans in a section of my yard last year and knew where everything was when it became cold and the plants stopped blooming. A few weeks ago the area these were growing in got mowed and now I have to figure out if the new items growing are returning perennials or weeds. One of the common weeds in my yard is plantago / broadleaf plantain weed, and I am not good at telling the difference until they start flowering. I also get scared because a couple times I came thisclose to discarding something that I thought was a weed but turned out to be a much wanted perennial.

1. I am pretty sure this is coneflower,

2. Hopefully the front is a coneflower.

3. Please, pretty please let this be a coneflower. I planted a coneflower last year and transplanted it to this area. It did not bloom, so truth be told, I am can't say for certain that it was a coneflower and then when the mowing incident happened the area I planted the newbie coneflower was completely bare. In the past week or so this plant emerges, hopefully it is the coneflower and hopefully the mowing incident will not impede on it blooming this year.

4. Hopefully some or most of these are Black-eyed Susans. There were 2-3 plants last year, so if some or most of these are Black-eyed Susans then they reseeded which is fine by me.