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Aquamarine Honeysuckle

Flower type: Biennial (Grows along the ground or other low surfaces.)

This small flower grows up to 5 inches (13 cm) tall. Its aquamarine stem is very thick, and the large, bronze leaves are black on the underside and are long, narrow with tattered edges. The leaves alternate on the stem from about halfway up, up to the flower head.

4 to 7 medium-sized flowers grow on alternate sides up the length of the stem. The flowers are 5 cm (2.0 inches) wide, with faded blue petals that gradient shift to turquoise on the outer edge. The central disk is light grey. The flower head is largely flat with 4 raised narrow petals. They are very delicate.

It has a weak scent that smells like honeysuckle, and it has very little pollen. It is pollinated by insects , but is also visited by a small species of bird.

All of it is said to be part of one single, massive plant.
It is suitable for making baskets and the like
It is almost impossible to grow indoors.