No responses so far but to me it looks like a shrub rather than a herbaceous plant. Any bushes with similar foliage growing nearby?

Reminds me of Prunella, self-heal.

Vinca? Invasive in some places.

I don't think it's either of those. Prunella generally has square stems. Vinca is similar but just doesn't look right to me. I know them both very well but I can't put my finger on this plant.

Could they be Crape Myrtles? Got any nearby???? They don't grow here so I don't see them often.

They were in a bed with a Cleyera. I do have Crape Myrtles in the yard, but not real near these plants.

As I said, I am not thatfamiliar with Crape Myrtles but I believe they do self sow and can appear some way away from their parents. I hope a more Crape savvy person will join in and comment on my suggestion.

I don't know Cleyera either but Googling images shows similar leaves. Could your sprouts just be Cleyera shoots?

Catharanthus roseus? I thought at first this looked like Vinca also but the leaves are not opposite, and the leaves look too big for CM but that was my 2nd thought... Maybe a pic from the side?

Purpleinopp - interesting you should say the leaves look 'too big'. There isn't really any scale in the picture so maybe we are seeing it differently. I was thinking they look about an inch long and was assuming the jar was a small spice jar or something. The clementines behind look relatively large compared with the leaves. The texture and veination look shrub or tree like to me.

A pic says 1,000 words but sometimes 1,001 are needed... I was assuming the piece of paper is 8 1/2 x 11. It does look more like a shrub or tree, just throwing that out there. CM's I can see out the window at the moment are completely naked by now but in my memory the leaves are just not as big as what I see looking at this pic...

Ligustrum?

Are the leaves alternate one another or opposite? They seem to be alternate which would rule out Ligustrum.

Thanks! I'm out of idears, as Paul Teutul would say...

Gee, didn't mean for it to be so hard. My first post with the picture I said the longest leaf was 2". There is Ligustrum near by. The vase is 2 1/4" high.

Well - I have to say it is now beginning to look like Vinca minor after all. But if so it would seem likely that there are runners somewhere around. It doesn't tend to just appear.

Yes I agree, Flora, the leaves didn't look opposite in the first pic. They are.

Definitely not a crepe myrtle. They do self-seed sometimes, though.

I do have Vinca near by, but it is the variegated kind. Would this be a throw back to the green type or will it become variegated as it gets older?

i can not keep my variegated vinca.. from not turning all green..

a plant is either variegated.. or it isnt..

it can not change its DNA.. at some later time.. to become variegated ...

the one on the right.. looks like a piece of vine rooted ... not a seedling ...

ken

My Mom has had this variegated Vinca filling this area for about 8 years. Occasionally plain green pieces show up. It did the same thing in OH when she had it there for years.

So it could be from the variegated. That is what I think it is.
Thanks