Cyanleaf

This short shrub grows up to 1 foot (30.5 cm) tall and lives for around 31 years. It is somewhat resistant to disease and destructive insect infestation.

It has dozens of long and flexible, straight stems covered in delicate, waxy, black bark, and the wood inside is copper-coloured.

The branches trail down across the ground with thousands of twigs that and are covered with large amounts of giant, stiff, pointed, leaves with smooth edges. The leaves themselves are found in magenta, cyan and brilliant yellow varieties, light and soft.

In mid-summer it produces dozens of tiny, lime blossoms with 9 oval-shaped shaped petals. They are very delicate and have a strong scent that smells like paint.

In early autumn tiny long, narrow fruits ripen. The sticky vivid purple skin is delicate and inedible, and the slightly crunchy light blue flesh is salty and very dry. The olive seed is very large and sits at the end of the fruit.