Is this a weed?

[MightyMeerkat]

I can't tell if it's a weed or something coming back from last year! Thanks

Can’t really tell from that photo. Could be a stinging nettle or something in the dead nettle/mint family. The brown stems suggest the latter. Did you have something like Salvia or Agastache there?

Yes it was a salvia there

Nettle ?

I thought maybe a nettle too but the leaves are a bit rounder

Nettle

@MightyMeerkat

I thought maybe a nettle too but the leaves are a bit rounder

Have you tried the obvious test?

Definitely 100% not weed.

Looks like mint.

It is a nettle! Fresh new growth, close examination of the picture even shows the guard hairs!