It is next to impossible to identify any plant without a little more information! Is this an ornamental in your garden or someone else's garden? Is this a shrub (it looks like a fairly substantial plant) and if so, does it bloom? Is it deciduous or evergreen? How big (tall and wide) is it? Do the leaves or flowers have a fragrance? Are there any berries or other fruit-like bodies?  When you are photographing plants for identification, please give a full shot of the plant, then close-ups. It is not easy to identify any plant when one hasn't a scale of the size of the leaves or the whole plant. Hopefully you will send the requested information and we will get you an answer!

Thanks Marjorie:
And unfortunately this is the best picture I have for this one. Could you still give a guess?

Here's the answers to your questions:

- It's in my garden
- Seems to be evergreen all year around
- Looks like a shrub - very slow growing and small so far - no blooming 
- Fragrance is neutral - nothing substantial
- Haven't seen fruit either

Brian, thank you for sending some additional information. Unfortunately, I've struck out so far in pursuing sources with descriptions of the leaves, which appear to be opposite, with the veining arcuate. I thought the reddish stem would be a good sign, but it appears that many shrubs have reddish stems when young. Is there any wooliness or hairiness on the under side of the leaves? Lacking a flower, I might be inclined to think it's a member of the Prunus genus  specifically evergreen cherry laurels (there are several species and many cultivars). Should the plant flower, it would be easy (I think) to find it's name. You might take a branch to the Plant Clinic at Extension: 569hanley Road, Central Point. Their winter hours are Tuesday and Thursday from 10 to 2. Or, a stroll through a well-stocked nursery with your sample might yield the answer. We can pretty much eliminate any deciduous shrubs, as most of these would have lost their leaves or colored them up by now. I will keep researching this for you, but I really am stumped at this point.

You bet and thank you Majorie. 

It doesn't ever seem to flow and seeds/plants itself in shady and part sun/shade locations only. Never in full sun. And does has a bit of fuzziness on the leaves, but it's very mild and almost un-noticeable.

I took a look at the evergreen cherry laurels and they do look close, but the leaf doesn't quite look the same. The laurel one is more rounded than this one.

Thanks again for your time and consideration.
Brian