Thank you jay 6a Chicago, especially after looking back at all the time I spent looking. I actually came across that plant in researching and dismissed it. I think because of the photo's showing the red color in the fall. I am not sure if the red one is a different sub-species from this one but most likely I have pulled it in the past before it could get to that point. I did not got around to pulling it as it was irrigation night so I will wait to see if it turns red this fall. There are some small tender ones that have come up, maybe I'll drum up the nerve to give them a taste test. I took photo's of other plants last night that still elude me and I will post those soon in new threads. Thanks again for your help it is much appreciated.

It is a Phlox. Compare with P divaricata.

It does look like a crinum to me as well - esp. the leaves. I looked up Ammocharis coranca, and its leaves and bulb looked different - the leaves were very flat, for instance.

Hi iochroma, Thank you for the information, I will research it right-away. My friend was growing the plant outdoors. He removed it from the ground and brought it to me bare roots at work, not really sure how long it was out of the ground. It was in big time shock and lost a lot of leaves. I didn't think it would survive but it did. New leaves and branches are appearing but it has a ways to go.