Waterbase Shrubby

This massive shrub grows up to 12 feet (3.7 meters) tall and lives for decades, with the oldest known specimen being around 183 years old. It is very resistant to disease but is susceptible to destructive insect infestation.

It has several knobbly, curved stems covered in cracked, light gray bark, and the wood inside is burgundy-brown.

The branches are short and thin with hundreds of twigs that and are covered with large amounts of giant, perforated, leaves with toothed edges. The leaves themselves are magenta on the sides and aquamarine at the center, light and fuzzy.

In late spring it produces balls of small, magenta flowers with slender, pointed petals with a tube-like floral cup. They fall easily and have an intense scent that smells like lemon.