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Silver

Shrub type: Deciduous (Stores water in the thickened base of its stem)

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

It has dozens of narrow, wonky stems covered in fine, wrinkled, silver and white bark, and the wood inside is yellow-brown.

The branches are short stubs with thousands of twigs that and are covered with large amounts of small, very thin, leaves with serrated edges. The leaves themselves are slate and peach, robust and soft.

It produces dozens of giant, azure flowers with finger-like petals. They detach easily and have a powerful scent that smells like fruity. In midwinter it forms giantdrab orange, tough-shelled seeds.

It is possible to grow it from cuttings.
It coexists peacefully with other plants.
It is suitable for making paper