Please help me identify

[Didla]

Hello- I just went to my local Zen Garden and came home with this beauty! I’m brand new to Bonsai and have no idea what I have. I thought identifying it would be as simple as a google search but I have been proven wrong. Can anyone tell me what this is so I can keep it safe and happy? Thank you!!

 

[BrightsideB]

I’ve seen those at nurseries. Forgot the name. There are apps that help identify plants. It’s probably a variety of a species. You’ll probably have to cut it back pretty good to get new growth close to the trunk.

 

[Didla]

I’ve seen those at nurseries. Forgot the name. There are apps that help identify plants. It’s probably a variety of a species. You’ll probably have to cut it back pretty good to get new growth close to the trunk.

I figured I would. I have tried a couple different apps to identify and they tell me different with each pic. My search continues. Thank you very much for the info!

 

[Cadillactaste]

My Monet® Weigela florida... at least it looks like it. Or one of the weigela variegated cultivars possibly. I've two in my landscape. ​

 

[just.wing.it]

My Monet® Weigela florida... at least it looks like it. Or one of the weigela variegated cultivars possibly. I've two in my landscape. ​

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That looks right....and I can usually ID weigela...but I've not seen this type.

 

[sorce]

I been doing "so" and "ti" so long it's a good thing you're here to fill in the blank!

Welcome to Crazy!

Sorce

 

[Mitty]

It is not easy to tell a species from a simple picture ; It really helps if you can feel the leaf for thickness and whether it is in any way soft and can be compressed. I have a variegated Cornus that is very similar to your picture, There are also some variants of Beech that are similar. I also think it could be a variant Weigela as suggested.
I have some very strong cuttings that I am growing on, that I am not at all sure of, like yourself.
I will wait, as often the mature tree has slightly different leaves. That is IMO anyway.
Best of luck to you. It can be difficult ; you can send a leaf to various sites for identification. but it is not free..

 

[penumbra]

At first I thought I was looking at a variegated abelia, but it is probably a weigela as others have suggested.

 

[Forsoothe!]

Not 'My Monet'. There are several Boogies that are variegated and like that except this foliage has a crown that is unlike Boogie which have leaf edges that curl up, not down.

 

[penumbra]

I am still thinking abelia. It has the perfect twiggy growth habit of abelia. This one is Kaleidoscope. You will know what it is when it blooms.

 

[Forsoothe!]

Abelia also has leaves that have edges that turn up, not down like the OP.

 

[penumbra]

Abelia also has leaves that have edges that turn up, not down like the OP.

I see that in the pictures but what do you think it is? Of course knowing what it is not is important to the identity, I just want to know what you think it might be.
At this point, it is to me an abelia. But WTF knows? I don't mind being wrong. That is wisdom.

 

[Forsoothe!]

My first thought was Abelia, too.

 

[Lutonian]

variegated Euonymus ? maybe?

 

[penumbra]

Abelia will start blooming now or very soon.

 

[Forsoothe!]

Ya know, we may be mislead because this whole thing has been hedge cut so everything we see was older foliage and maybe even buried under new foliage. Just thought I should add another inexplicable variable. You can thank me later.

 

[cbroad]

Definitely abelia, more than likely the variety 'mardi gras', those pinks will mature to a green and white variegation later.