Lilac

This giant shrub grows up to 15 feet (4.6 meters) tall and lives for around 67 years. It is very resistant to disease but is susceptible to destructive insect infestation.

It has dozens of thick, straight stems covered in fine, knobbly, brown-green speckled bark, and the wood inside is silver.

The branches trail down to the ground that and are covered with handfuls of tiny, asymmetrical, leaves with rounded edges. The leaves themselves are blue at the bottom and lilac with lime streaks at the top, flexible and smooth.

It produces clusters of giant, light brown flowers with asymmetrical petals with a bell-shaped floral cup. They fall easily and have a delicate scent that smells like pine needles. In late winter it forms largecrimson, shelled seeds.