Bluebell Bush

This average-sized shrub grows up to 2 feet (61.0 cm) tall and lives for decades, with the oldest known specimen being around 181 years old. It is very resistant to disease and destructive insect infestation.

It has several branched, wavy stems covered in hard, ridged, dark gray bark, and the wood inside is brown.

The branches are long and thin with thousands of twigs that and are covered with handfuls of large, kidney-shaped, leaves with smooth edges. The leaves themselves are either sky blue or black, with orange zig-zags, delicate and waxy.

In early summer it produces hundreds of giant, sky blue flowers with circular petals with a tube-like floral cup. They fall easily and have the faintest scent that smells like soap.