I just checked the plant and it does indeed have a milky white sap.

Dracaena marginata.

Hi JessicaBe For what it's worth, I've grown some of the teas you list in a zone 6 pocket in my zone 5b garden for about 4-5 years. I'll post another thread sometime about these when they bloom, but my bottom line reaction is - it depends. Like Seil I enjoy zone pushing and don't spend a lot of money on my tea experiments (all from Chamblees, own root gallons). The results are decidedly "OK", but as expected none of them are as spectacular as they'd be in a warmer zone. Most of them have survived - so far the only ones that died were Safrano and Monsieur Tillier, though Duchesse de Brabant got planted later than I'd have liked last year and isn't doing so well yet. The following tea roses have survived and bloom reasonably well for me: Mrs. B.R. Cant, Madame Antoine Mari, Maman Cochet, Mrs. Dudley Cross, and the best of the bunch has been Georgetown tea (thanks to Olga for the recommendation). Remember that I do winter protect everything in my yard, and the teas get protected first with a full-sized bag of leaves next to them rather than a chopped down third of the bag. I doubt they'd bloom much without protection even if they survived, since teas want to build up structure over the years from existing old wood. So I agree with what has been suggested - feel free to try it but plan to winter protect them and don't expect the results you get in warmer climates. Cynthia

here's a close up of the leaf on #1 - it's coarse and very scratchy. pretty sure it's not ruellia, tho Marcia, yep. Cleome - had some before and they died. It sure looks like that's it. I wonder if I should leave it there under the firebush or try to transplant it. um... *hanging head* if the squirrels could have planted this 'peanut' ...that's probably a peanut. There are probably bushels of peanuts buried in my yard. I wonder if I'll be able to cash in on the crop???