Azure Blue

This big shrub grows up to 5 feet (1.5 meters) tall and lives for decades, with the oldest known specimen being around 181 years old. It is very resistant to disease but is susceptible to destructive insect infestation.

It has numerous wide, wonky stems covered in fine, cracked, pine-coloured bark, and the wood inside is white.

The branches are very long and thin with thousands of twigs that and are covered with large amounts of small, long, tapering, leaves with smooth edges. The leaves themselves are aquamarine and caramel, delicate and smooth.

In mid-summer it produces copious amounts of large, azure flowers with many layers of petals. They fall easily and have a weak scent that smells like bonfire smoke.