I moved into this home a little over a year ago.  This particular plant came back again this year and is trying to take over.  I have cut it back once already but I would like to know what it is. Hopefully you can see the bloom well enough, I had to lower the quality of the pic to be able to upload it here.  Thank you in advance for your assistance.

 Live in NE Texas, not sure if I am zone 7 or 8.

Thank you for looking and trying to help me identify.  Anyone else have any clues as to what this might be?  I will try to get a better picture of it.

I'm not sure, the leaf shape reminds me somewhat of tradescantia.

Hi they are Violas a variety in the pansy family. they are also a perennial... at least in Zone 4 and they do spread by seeds after flowering and by roots. they are very easily moved an dsurvive well. but do not be surprised if you do end up with more where you moved them from. they grow great in pots as well, thus stopping most of the spreading by roots at least and some seeds will drop of course and you will have more. they also over winter well in pots even left out all winter... very hardy perennials. They look great in massive clumps as well as pots too. Plus you can just cut them down some instead of deadheading each one... when they stop flowering mostly and then flowers will begin to reappear not long after. Somtimes they can get taller and pretty legging  like looking with less flowers, this is when i cut them down some.This has been my experience with them.

I Hope I have helped you even some.

Happy Gardening !!!

THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! 
  Viola's... I knew I had seen it somewhere in my past.  But when I moved into this house, I had forgotten all about them.  I had only seen them in pictures.  Anyway... mystery solved.... Thank you!

I am in Zone 7 or 8 (on the border) and they do survive very well outside all year. We had a pretty good winter (especially for Texas) and they came thru with flying colors.  When they started coming up this season, I was thinking they were looking like some kind of jew.  Then the flower came and since then I have had this mystery.  Mine were very "leggy" so I cut them back and they are getting thicker.  I mainly cut them back because I wanted to expose more of my bed so I could plant more color.  I have way too much green.  But I felt I needed to remove some of the "shade" so the sun could get to my seeds I wanted to plant.

At any rate, now that you have given me all this wonderful information, I will and can be guided accordingly to improve my flowerbed!  Thank you again.

Sincerely,
Jennifer

Hi Jennifer

I am So Happy to have helped you !!!  I Really think i Love this part of the forum best. I Love to help people, especially with plants. Not saying i know everything about them though either. A lot of times i research for info to give to someone as i am so Happy to help if i can.
These i am obviously familiar with though and that info i have given you i am really glad it helped you. if you need, want any more please fee free to ask me okay !!

I think Violas or all in that family love everything and will survive almost anything as well.... just one of the many Great  benefits of having them... along with their being so Pretty of course
Have fun with them

Sherri

COMMELINA
compare the leaves,stems, and flowers of your plant to these pictures...

Micki.... That is exactly it. Only difference is mine are not blooming much right now and the leaves on mine have more stripes. I feel as though this hot Texas weather and lack of rain have alot to do with that. Thank you for the assistance. Someone else told me Viola's, but the more I looked at mine, the less I felt they were viola's. Thank you for the pictures and the answer. I will not go and read up on Commelia to get more info about them.

Have a BLESSED night/day. Thanks again!

Hi sorry i was wrong about telling you violas, by the pic you put i thought they were those.

But now i see from the pic the other member put that i was wrong, sorry!!! I am Happy that you now know what they are for sure!!! They sure are pretty too!!!

Have A Good Day!!!!

I believe it is a dayflower(commelina). I have them taking over part of my garden and even growing up through cracks in my driveway!  I live in Rhode Island.

I know for a fact those are dayflowers. This site goes to theConneticut Botanical Society and shows you both the viola and the Asiatic Dayflower. http://www.bing.com/images/search?q...RM=IDFRIR.

These things will definitely take over if you let them go….I never knew that they had an attractive flower, because I never let it get to that point!! LOL!!

I have these also and they just keep coming but not to fear.  Don't cut them down, just find where they are attached to the ground and pull them straight up.  They are like a vine that attaches itself to the soil but the roots are fairly shallow.  Just like any weed, pull them when you see them.

it's a species of wandering jew a very invasive plant in the Houston TX area I got them in my yard , the only way I know to get rid of them is roundup Poison Ivy control but be forewarned once you use this herbicide it will take up to a month before you can plant anything else