Slate

This short shrub grows up to 1 foot (30.5 cm) tall and lives for around 33 years. It is very resistant to disease but is susceptible to destructive insect infestation.

It has many narrow, twisting stems covered in delicate, ridged, dark brown bark, and the wood inside is mahogany-coloured.

The branches are very short and slender with dozens of twigs that and are covered with copious amounts of huge, very thin, leaves with jagged edges. The leaves themselves are slate and hazel, rigid and leathery.

In late summer it produces thick bunches of small, faded orange flowers with fan-like petals with a trumpet-shaped floral cup. They are very delicate and have a scent that varies in strength that smells like fermented fruit.