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Yep, mother nature does that to those plants...
She drops seeds in the late summer/fall time,
they have time to sprout and set roots...
and will stay fine over the winter...

Maybe even the leaves you see now, may get frosted, and die back.. but they will retain
as much "food" as they can until they get nipped..
and the stalk from below will set out new leaves come spring..

Like Moondance said, they'll come back with a vengeance! They're quite a hardy plant..

Although they don't live long as the "mommma plant" but they do prolifically reseed themselves,
so be aware of what the "baby leaves" look like,
you'll find them sprouting up in the neatest places!!!!

And P.S. Howdager, Welcome to The Garden Helper's Forum by the way, we're very glad you found us!!!!

Anddddd

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Help, I'm a new gardener, so excuse my ignorance.

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Have no fear here, we love new gardener's, we never think questions are a nuisance, because we were all new gardener's at some point in time, and always glad to help along a fellow new gardener....
Stick around and join the fun..
There's lot's to do here...and a few from your state here as well...

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