As good a guess as any! I thought it is some sort of miniature palm tree! Like I said, I'm not exactly a rocket scientist when it comes to these things. I looked it up and found a good description on the Missouri Botanical Museum website. It says it "rarely flowers." No kidding!! I think 30 years counts as rare. I wish I could attach the smell of this thing. Wow...just...WOW.

Benjesbride, where does she lose the 2"? It appears that she is not aware of the loss. Rebeccamomof123, are you pulling permits to do the work, or do you live in an area where the city/town/county inspectors are going to become aware of the work and expect to come in and inspect it? Or is your area more like where I live and anything short of an addition is something that no one will notice and that inspectors don't drop in when workmen are around unless it is really obvious that a big job is being done? The reason I ask is that your clearance for the toilet-to-tub distance is right on the edge of being okay. Some towns will not let you get that close. If you could get inspected by the code enforcement officer, or if you are doing this with permits, you need to draw this up and get it approved before assuming it is going to be approved. If you need to steal back a couple of inches to make it fit, one option is a wall-hung toilet. Your contractor opens up the wall behind your toilet and puts the tank and flushing works inside the wall (not the stuff you have, it is custom made for this purpose) and then the toilet part actually hangs off the wall and never touches the floor. It is much nicer for cleaning. All of Europe has been doing it this way for years, I hear. http://www.geberitnorthamerica.com/en_us/target_groups/enduser/products_enduser/toilets_2/concealed_systems_1/for_toilets_1.html

Thanks to everyone who answered. First photo is definitely pseuderanthemum curruthersii var reticulatum. So thanks to chuckerfly and iochroma. You both are right! Thanks to Carol_23 for identifying the second photo. I now know what they are. Gees you guys are good!!!!

Thank you! I wasn't sure just knew it was my lemon...lol.