This one has appeared in one of my garden beds, and what's interesting is that it is new growth on a stem that appears to have been cut back last fall, meaning that I at least thought I knew what it was then, and had decided I wanted to keep it! Not that I'm growing more forgetful---oh, no!

Okay, looking back through my 'dead and gone' files :whistling:, it seems I had a Caryopteris x clandonensis 'Dark Knight' planted in that general area that I thought had failed to overwinter. I wonder if that is it?? Would be cool if it is!!

Caryopteris lose everything and appear dead. Do the leaves have a frangrance when brushed/crushed? It will be strong if it is.

I hope it is, great surprise!! looks like it to me

Zencat said:Caryopteris lose everything and appear dead. Do the leaves have a frangrance when brushed/crushed? It will be strong if it is.

thanks, Celia. I went out and plucked a bit of a leaf off of it and off of my Caryopteris 'Sterling Silver', and they smelled the same! So it is my 'Dark Knight' returned from the dead!

thanks, Jolana! I'm so happy!

Woohoo! I had to remove mine. It was way too close to the front door and the bees were bothering my DH.

awwwww was there another spot you could move it to?

I have the impression that it is a weed astrer
maybe Symphyotrichum lanceolatum,

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