Grayleaf

This small shrub grows up to 1 foot (30.5 cm) tall and lives for decades, with the oldest known specimen being around 101 years old. It is very resistant to disease and destructive insect infestation.

It has many wide, wonky stems covered in thick, knobbly, gray bark, and the wood inside is pale brown-grey.

The branches are very long and slender with thousands of twigs that and are covered with small bunches of large, circular, leaves with serrated edges. The leaves themselves are a shade of gray that gradient shifts to hazel at the top, hardy and leathery.

In late spring it produces several small, beige flowers with spear shaped petals. They fall easily and have a soft scent that smells like pot-purri.