Bloodvine

This large shrub grows up to 8 feet (2.4 meters) tall and lives for around 18 years. It is very resistant to disease and destructive insect infestation.

It has many narrow, slanted stems covered in cracked, pine-coloured bark, and the wood inside is burgundy.

The branches are long and slender that and are covered with large amounts of tiny, spear shaped, leaves with tattered edges. The leaves themselves are found in red, blood red and white varieties, light and rough.

In mid-summer it produces handfuls of small, blood red flowers with 8 spiral shaped petals. They are hardy and have an intensely strong scent that smells like varnish.