Copperleaf

This average-sized shrub grows up to 4 feet (1.2 meters) tall and lives for around 18 years. It is not very resistant to disease and destructive insect infestation.

It has numerous slender, slanted stems covered in thin, ridged, dark gray bark, and the wood inside is burgundy.

The branches are short stubs with dozens of twigs that and are covered with large amounts of small, thick, leaves with wavy edges. The leaves themselves are either copper, or dark grey with magenta patches, sturdy and flexible and covered in fine hairs.

In mid-spring it produces hundreds of medium-sized, silver flowers with crescent-shaped shaped petals. They are very delicate and have a mildly strong scent that smells like apple.