Beware of Campanula takesimana. It's the only plant I regret having purposely planted in my garden. It has taken several years to eradicate and still, once in a while, there emerges another seedling. I had to soak the neighboring plants to get all the roots removed. One of the rock garden members wrote " the only way I will get rid of it is to move". It was into my lawn and traveling like it was on the Audubon Highway.

fatamorgana Thanx for your input / Appreciate it I like to get a head start on my veggie garden so I usually plant a little early But basically we get stuff like tomatoes and peppers started around March / April I read it was hardy in zones 9 - 11 / I'm in like coastal Z10 / So should be good & "Full sun, needs high humidity and high rainfall" "The plant is very sensitive to frost, so plant in frost free areas" This is the time of year we get the most rain fall here & we very rarely get below the mid to low 40s / No frost So ??? I have this mind set that if a plant is seeding That's the time of year the seeds would hit the ground (In nature) So that's the time to plant them Even if they need a cold strat. period mother nature will take care of that Know that might not always be the fact / But just can't seem to shake that mind set Guess I'll pot up a few now & toss them in my greenhouse & I'll hold on to a few till the spring Thanx again for the info

It must be a mountain laurel, then, because years ago I dug way down trying to pull it out and never did find the end of the tap root! There are 3 of these in a row, and the one I tried to dig up is too close to the garage. I finally went out and smelled the leaves of the other mystery plant. I didn't smell anything in particular, just a typical leaf-y smell that sort of reminded me of a pepper plant. I noticed the leaves had a fuzzy texture. Do you think it'll survive if I dig it out and move it toward the back of the bed? It's already too tall where it is, and if it's a eupatorium it sounds like it may get even taller!

Thanks for the replies! Zzackey I doubt it is a gardenia as we don't get many of them where I live. The pot has 1 drainage hole, albeit rather tiny, appreciate the input though! Dave and rhizo I will take your word that it is a zz plant, based on pictures it does seem to look that way, thank you all!!