Hello Ken, Yes, I like to sterilize potting-mixes too. I make my own blend. Mostly peat, harvested sand and some biochar and (sorry) "twist of lime". The sand is important as it gives good drainage AND weight to the pot. Tiffany and Gardengal, I know IDing plants can difficult and posting pictures are often the simplest way to ID plants. (I guess I posted the picture twice.) I am interested in what exactly this plant is and any available on-line plant ID sites. Thank you! Doug

I really just can't see pokeweed or kalanchoe in that picture so I'm going to go another way and say that it's Campanula rapunculoides.

Yup, agreed on the ID. You could probably take cuttings a few nodes long & pot them back into mother plant's pot, to make it look even more full & lush.

Second is Burdock. Top could be a Cestrum. I'm afraid I know nothing about them since they don't grow where I am. It's a vine growing through another shrub,