The Mystery Sprout

It's been a while since I've had much good news in the garden. Even since we moved into our apartment over three years ago, my plants have been suffering. It's strange since we only moved about a mile away from the last house, but the ecosystem here is much more windy, salty and dry. The ocean air blows furiously through the garden, and many of my precious plants have passed away. I still keep planting seeds whenever I find promising ones, but that hasn't been too frequent.

I was overjoyed when, a few weeks ago, a sprout popped up in my planter. There were actually two of them from what appeared to be the same type of plant, but one of them didn't make it. After watching the sprout carefully for a while, I decide that it was safe and prudent to transplant it into a larger vessel. The only problem is that I have no idea what kind of plant this is from! I didn't sow any exotic seeds recently, and perhaps this is something that I found on the beach or on a hike, but if so it was from so long ago that I forgot about it. So I have to keep an eye on this mystery sprout and try to keep it alive long enough to find out what kind of plant it is! Readers, let me know if you recognize it!