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Purple Pine

Shrub type: Coniferous (Stores water in the thickened base of its stem)

This average-sized shrub grows up to 4 feet (1.2 meters) tall and lives for decades, with the oldest known specimen being around 125 years old. It is very resistant to destructive insect infestation but susceptible to disease.

It has dozens of sturdy, wavy stems covered in thick, wrinkled, pine-coloured bark, and the wood inside is burgundy-brown.

The branches are tall, rigid and upright with hundreds of twigs that and are covered with handfuls of small, circular, leaves with smooth edges. The leaves themselves are either brilliant purple, or azure with blue edges, resilient and clammy.

In mid-summer it produces copious amounts of small, cream flowers with spear shaped petals. They are hardy and have a weak scent that smells like burning wood.

It comes in 43 varieties.
It can survive a long time without water.
It is suitable for creating strong, durable textiles