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Clinging Ashvine

Shrub type: Deciduous (Grows upwards by clinging to almost any surface.)

This massive shrub grows up to 13 feet (4.0 meters) tall and lives for around 32 years. It is very resistant to disease but is susceptible to destructive insect infestation.

It has many stocky, twisting stems covered in delicate, smooth, brown and grey bark, and the wood inside is pine-coloured.

The branches are very short, thin and wispy with thousands of twigs that and are covered with handfuls of miniature, long, tapering, leaves with jagged edges. The leaves themselves are solid ashy green or cream, with deep blue splotches, rigid and sticky.

In mid-summer it produces copious amounts of tiny, crimson flowers with umbrella-shaped shaped petals. They fall easily and have a soft scent that smells like warm cookies.

It out-competes most other plants for nutrients and light.
It is suitable for making baskets and the like
It is very resistant to fire damage.