I just checked the plant and it does indeed have a milky white sap.

Thank you! Funny though since I didn't ws any sedum. I did, however, plant a sedum that I had in a pot and threw the little bit of soil left in the pot in my dump area (forgot I did that). That was, oh, 2 weeks ago, and there wasn't anything but a few roots and look what grew! How exciting!

Well, they don't exactly explode. You will come out one day and the opening process will have begun. The bolls fluff out gradually. Then....mail me the seeds. How amazing that you have a cotton plant volunteer.

here's a close up of the leaf on #1 - it's coarse and very scratchy. pretty sure it's not ruellia, tho Marcia, yep. Cleome - had some before and they died. It sure looks like that's it. I wonder if I should leave it there under the firebush or try to transplant it. um... *hanging head* if the squirrels could have planted this 'peanut' ...that's probably a peanut. There are probably bushels of peanuts buried in my yard. I wonder if I'll be able to cash in on the crop???