I agree there should be some type of instruction for tree ID request. However this is a tree forum, and the environment is VERY important to know not only the id of the tree but if they are asking for recommendation for types of trees and plants. This applies to the tree forum, lawn forum, and any forum that entertain questions about the applicability of vegetation. Any request should include a specific location, not just North Carolina, a non specific location but distance with cardinal direction for a specific city. The tree recommendation will be quite different if you are 30 miles east of Wilmington NC or west. Would it be possible for Houzz to some way tie these instruction to the compose window?

What do suspect it could be Embothrium? There aren't any henbits that look like that, are there? I missed noticing stem hairs. It would be strange and unlikely to get Salvia divinorum seeds in a Nasturtium packet, and come to think of it, that Salvia hardly ever blooms let alone produces viable seeds. I can't detect any stem hairs from my phone screen, and my laptop is broken so?

Edwin says that this is indeed veitchii (underside is key to ID) but it has a blue-ish cast. His opinion is that it is not in very good shape.

Bill, right after the holidays, these big box stores discount all their holiday plants that most people probably buy for temporary decoration and then throw out. But I can't resist saving them, so I will look for different colors; red, pink, magenta, white. They are really easy. I also keep an eye out for evergreens that they seem to sell as temporary decorations and are ready to give away after the holidays. (I've purchased nice sized laurels, holly bushes, Osmanthus, etc. that end up in the yard..) Regarding the holiday cacti, I hang mine in a strand of Eastern Hemlocks along with other epiphytes (ferns, bromeliads, etc). I leave them out from April through October and this year, they would have sailed through November so far. BTW, if you do leave them out, I learned two years ago can they are readily eaten by DEER, so, I started hanging them higher in the trees, LOL. I did put them recently into my garage/greenhouse (and we get a lot of winter sun). All are covered in buds. Not sure if it's the cooler temps for longer nights, or both, but it always works.