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Golden Azure Bush

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

This average-sized shrub grows up to 4 feet (1.2 meters) tall and lives for decades, with the oldest known specimen being around 128 years old. It is very resistant to destructive insect infestation but susceptible to disease.

It has dozens of stocky, straight stems covered in fine, rough, black with white speckled bark, and the wood inside is white.

The branches are short and thin with dozens of twigs that and are covered with small amounts of small, finger-like, leaves with smooth edges. The leaves themselves are solid gold or azure, with aquamarine patches, frail and soft.

In late summer it produces handfuls of small, black flowers with 7 umbrella-shaped shaped petals. They are hardy and have the faintest scent that smells like sugar.

It can survive a very long time without water.
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The colour changes depends on whether the soil is acidic or alkaline.