Interesting plant. Could it be a type of bottle tree or Brachychiton? Some have leaves shaped like that of poplar and maple. Google returned one image of a bonsai B. rupestris that looked like it had sagittate leaves like yours. But then again the topmost leaf of your plant is 5-sided.
Thanks ever so much Clovis, it seems to be indeed a oleander of some sort!! Has been bugging me for 2 years! Thanks again.