A Mystery Tree Grows…in Vallejo

So under a large jade plant that came with the house, there has been a confident stem growing that looks like it wants to be a tree when it grows up. The proximity to the house made me nervous and I wanted to pull it out and put it somewhere else before the root grew out of control and killed the large jade that was mature and thriving since before we moved in. You can somewhat make out this tree before we removed it by the leaf type protruding from the narrow stem and growing higher than the window frame in these pictures:

I put the plant into my identifier application, but it doesn’t seem confident in what it found. At this stage of its growth, I’m not even sure if the identifier app can do its job. Here are the identifier results: Garden Privet

I put as much of the root as we could get into a large pot and tried to support it and put it near the side of the house where there is very little vulnerability to the high winds. Initially, it looked viable. Compare the before and after here which are about two hours apart, because almost immediately it seemed like it started to droop. Maybe I’m just being impatient?

I don’t even know if I want to keep it as it could just be a weed, but it’s a really pretty one.

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