Fairly east to grow. Doesn't like much direct sunlight. Bright, indirect light is best. It is tolerant of some neglect in watering. To keep blooming cut off the old flowers and fertilize lightly but often.

My first thought was juniper but the last photo looks more like a cryptomeria. Either way the problem (and yes you're right there is a problem) might be that the lawn is growing into it and maybe the poor shrub is being weed whacked or hit with a weed or grass killer. I would carefully hand weed the grass out of there and water it well.

Compare to Columnea. If you don't find a match, do u have any other pics to add? Aeschynanthus & Nematanthus are the others that are similar.

Tiffany caught it right away. It looks like the soil might be topsoil from someone's garden. If that's true, you have a challenge ahead of you because of the soil's tendency to compact and retain too much water in containers. You'll need to be extremely careful that you do not over-water. This will REQUIRE you to use a wooden skewer or a wooden dowel rod sharpened in a pencil sharpener and stuck deep into the soil as a way to keep track of moisture levels, or some other method of monitoring soil moisture levels. Al