I will dig up and put in a pot until big enough to plant in yard. Rate my chances, ==>>> ummmmm ... its growing nicely in mother earth.. why would you pot it.. an attempt to love it to death??? mark it with some bright string or some such ... and when the leaves fall off... dig a new hole where you want it... then dig the plant out... just one shovel full .... and move it ... 99% odds of success IMHO ... but you will be responsible for all water next year ... and a good mulch cover will help .... by potting... and mind you i learned this the hard way ... you add the following variables.. each one.. you are able to screw up: media watering winter storage black pots in winter sun leading to early dormancy winter watering etc.. etc... etc ... most trees have and need a dormancy [we arent discussing areas where trees may not have such] ... thats why the leaves fall off on deciduous trees ...... and once you pot things.. its just so easy to mess them up ... so go with what it prefers ... as a self sown seedling ... all plants are movable.. and trees are best done.. when dormant.. so there is less stress.. trying to save the leaves... and its root growing time.. when there are no leaves... especially in your temperate area .... as such.. it ought to come out of your version of winter.. ready to take off like a rocket ... finally ... its a free sown tree... it should never need food ... though its immature.. it is not a baby ... just give it proper water.. and it should be all set ... good luck ken

I think that must be it! And the name sounds familiar so I am thinking it did get planted last year and we just forgot about it, and didn't realize we could get new plants this year. I am sad to say I think I pulled some out when they were small. :-( Thank you!

It is neither lily nor crocus :-) It could possibly be an errant hyacinth bulb with poor flower formation but the foliage doesn't look right, even if stressed. I believe it to be a pink flowered form of Hyacinthoides hispanica, aka Spanish bluebells.

Thanks for your reply. My first thought was that it was some weird kind of morning glory. About 7 years ago, I grew a Heavenly Blue one. I’ll attach a pic. Although I was scrupulous about deadheading the flowers every day, the next year, some seedlings of it sprang up. The flowers were much smaller and paler, and I pulled them all out. Could this little white thing possibly be a mutated descendant? The flower shape is unlike that of the original m.g. flower, and this one has started flowering in mid-winter here, whereas the blue one flowered only in autumn. I can’t see any images of this little white flower on the internet. Most ipomeas are viewed with great disfavour - horror - in Australia.