That’s too bad. She was hoping it was a foxglove that she had seeded in the area in previous years. We are familiar with the invasive campanula rapunculoides which is rampant in our area. Thank you for identifying her plant.

Hi Pat! It looks like it might be some variety of Faucaria or Stomatium perhaps? The folks on the Cacti & Succulents forum might be able to help you out a little more if you post your question there. I'm sorry I'm not much help. Good luck, damask_rose_5 : )

Salix species---a willow. The thing that amazes me is that I planted a six-pack of Bidens, and in the middle of each of the six cells, popped up one of these bronze-y plants. I began to get suspicious when one also popped up in one of my planters.

Seedlings are variable. If you are looking for certain shades of cape plumbago, the most common ones available in CA are generally 'Imperial Blue' --which is-darker than many of the often rather pale seedlings, but lighter than the deeper blue 'Royal Cape'. There is also a white, 'Alba'. These plants are rather vigorous once established, generally mounding in shape when left natural, and can get rather large (7-8' tall, 8-10' wide). They can be kept smaller with heavy pruning, or even be hedged (at the expense of some flowers, but they aren't shy about blooming).