# Unknown species

**URL:** <https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/t/unknown-species/1653>\
**Category:** Horticulture\
**Created:** [September 3, 2018, 7:22pm UTC](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/t/unknown-species/1653 "2018-09-03T19:22:23Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![mm1313](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.bonsaimirai.com/mm1313/32/1615_2.png) [@mm1313](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/u/mm1313)\
**Post date:** [September 3, 2018, 7:22pm UTC](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/t/unknown-species/1653/1 "2018-09-03T19:22:23Z")

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Does anyone happen to know what this is? I bought this at a nursery in December last year, but it didn’t have a tag. It’s deciduous, went dormant in winter, but it also seems to grow aerial roots. Looking to turn it into a shohin over time. It started flowering last week. I’m in zone 7, and it’s been very hot lately in my area. I’ve posted photos here showing the leaves, the flower buds, the flowers, the bark, and the aerial roots (although out of focus). I don’t believe it’s a tree, but rather some sort of landscaping accent bush or shrub.

Any help would be great.

Thanks

 ![IMG_2692](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/uploads/bonsaimirai/original/2X/5/53425d7b767831a0e4c9f60b5d06eab22c39fd63.jpeg) ![IMG_2695](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/uploads/bonsaimirai/original/2X/b/b9e1058ef22fca6410efce7b78a9363d0b493635.jpeg) ![IMG_2691](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/uploads/bonsaimirai/original/2X/7/79509e6d669d2abc921d1efe92ddec3f2b821850.jpeg) ![IMG_2693](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/uploads/bonsaimirai/original/2X/a/a4d4bf8f450a709a58e7c3823c20c8c0089785c5.jpeg) ![IMG_2694](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/uploads/bonsaimirai/original/2X/e/e52f14ad1166601c330812f5b24aeed6d1054c61.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![MtBakerBonsai](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.bonsaimirai.com/mtbakerbonsai/32/23909_2.png) [@MtBakerBonsai](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/u/MtBakerBonsai)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2018, 3:06pm UTC](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/t/unknown-species/1653/2 "2018-09-04T15:06:55Z")

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It might be “Bluebeard” Caryopteris Incana.

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**Author:** ![mm1313](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.bonsaimirai.com/mm1313/32/1615_2.png) [@mm1313](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/u/mm1313)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2018, 5:41pm UTC](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/t/unknown-species/1653/3 "2018-09-04T17:41:05Z")

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@MtBakerBonsai, thank you. That looks like exactly it. I don’t know how I could have figured that out, short of going to a nursery and showing the same photos. Which I was going to do if no one here knew what it was. Awesome. Thank you very much.

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**Author:** ![MtBakerBonsai](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.bonsaimirai.com/mtbakerbonsai/32/23909_2.png) [@MtBakerBonsai](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/u/MtBakerBonsai)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2018, 7:44pm UTC](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/t/unknown-species/1653/4 "2018-09-04T19:44:35Z")

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I have an app on my iPhone called Picture This. It uses image recognition.  
[https://www.picturethisai.com/](https://www.picturethisai.com/)

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**Author:** ![mm1313](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.bonsaimirai.com/mm1313/32/1615_2.png) [@mm1313](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/u/mm1313)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2018, 7:24pm UTC](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/t/unknown-species/1653/5 "2018-09-05T19:24:12Z")

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@MtBakerBonsai awesome. I will check that out. Thanks