Copperleaf

This small shrub grows up to 1 foot (30.5 cm) tall and lives for around 66 years. It is very resistant to disease and destructive insect infestation.

It has many long and flexible, curved stems covered in delicate, cracked, copper-coloured bark, and the wood inside is pale yellow.

The branches are very long and slender that and are covered with large amounts of huge, fan-like, leaves with smooth edges. The leaves themselves are orange and blue, resilient and sticky.

It produces many medium-sized, lilac flowers with 7 teardrop-shaped shaped petals. They fall easily and have an intense scent that smells like fish. In early autumn it forms tinyolive, tough-shelled seeds.