ID this please

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I havea few of these on my property. Seem to be evergreen growing in filtered light. Georgia zone 8b. Red tip leaves and red berries.
 

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A better photo would help, but from this shot, I'm really going out on a limb. This could be a Wahoo Tree. I saw these as a senior in high school in the KCK area. Euonymous atropurpurea, aka burning bush. I'm not great with identification, but I might actually know this one. It can get fairly tall, and from memory, it's not prone to dense foliage. Of course, I found them in the woods, so light could have been an issue there.
If I am correct, it's not very common in your area.
 
I have a plant ID app. I was taking the picture over a fence so close as I could get.This one not on my property . The app did say Nadina as one of the choices. Any chance it can be bonsai?
 
I have a plant ID app. I was taking the picture over a fence so close as I could get.This one not on my property . The app did say Nadina as one of the choices. Any chance it can be bonsai?

I've seen people use them in bonsai pots. Haven't really seen any I like. I think they're more suitable as companion plants.
 
I've seen people use them in bonsai pots. Haven't really seen any I like. I think they're more suitable as companion plants.
Thank you, I am going to my other property (All hardwoods) this weekend to collect some trees. I will leave these for now and collect the beech and hornbeams. Maybe Sweetgum.
 
Any chance it can be bonsai?
It's more shrubby bamboo than tree so getting branching on stems is really difficult. New stems emerge from the roots each year. Stems never thicken more than finger thick at most.
Not my idea of great bonsai material but occasionally used as accent plant as already pointed out by @BrianBay9
 
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