try posting your pics in a comment below here. Don't hit "submit" until they've loaded and you can see them.

Rats, I thought they had loaded.

And we need to know your general location, too.

North Carolina 7B

Can you take a closer shot so we can see leaf arrangement ?

Yes we need a close up of the leaves - both front and back if possible, and of most of a branch too.

My guess is dwarf Yaupon Holly.

How's this?

No picture again.

Runners with deep roots ... you mean they spread underground, popping up in a new location?

I simply cannot get the pictures to load! The Yaupon Holly looks like it might be the answer. Yes, Nickel but not far from the shrub.