Copperleaf

This short shrub grows up to 1 foot (30.5 cm) tall and lives for around 35 years. It is very resistant to destructive insect infestation but susceptible to disease.

It has dozens of narrow, straight stems covered in smooth, copper-coloured bark, and the wood inside is dark brown.

The branches are short and slender with dozens of twigs that and are covered with sparse amounts of giant, wide, leaves with ripped edges. The leaves themselves are cream with blood red tips, flimsy and covered in fine hairs.

It produces clusters of medium-sized, indigo flowers with stiff, pointed petals. They fall easily and have a fairly strong scent that smells like new books. In midwinter it forms medium-sizedlight orange, tough-shelled seeds.