after relentless searching on google and through about a dozen dusty, 20-30 year old botanical books, i think I've found them. While skimming this book, i managed to spot both plants (or similar). The first picThe other is... a succulent :p going to take a break before i do the due diligence for it.

I have that top one in my garden and it grows as an awesome!!! ground cover. Good to know what it is!

For me it's so great as a ground cover because it grows quickly and easily in sun or shade, a cutting roots itself in a day or two! And it spreads nicely and fairly neatly... It's also shallow rooted so if it goes somewhere I don't want it comes out easily.

If a piece is blown in the wind or drops on the ground it will seriously start growing in that spot - for me a chaing thing as again it's easily pulled if it's in the wrong place:

Right now it's growing to cover up the bare root area on our e tree where nothing else would grow, yay! Thanks for the ID guys.

Nicole

Actually the plant looks more like a variety of Sedum. Possibly a Sedum montanue cultivar given the yellowish foliage. Sedums are commonly available succulents which can reseed in other areas where not planted. The flower is very typical of a Sedum flower. Not sure if you were also wondering what the plant is in the second picture but it is another specie of succulent the name of which I can't recall at the moment.

I like succulents but do not really pay much attention to their ids. The link below may help.

Here is a link that might be useful: The Succulent Pages