Twistvine

This massive shrub grows up to 12 feet (3.7 meters) tall and lives for decades, with the oldest known specimen being around 180 years old. It is not very resistant to disease and destructive insect infestation.

It has many very thick, twisting stems covered in delicate, knobbly, brown-green bark, and the wood inside is mahogany-coloured.

The branches are very short and slender with dozens of twigs that and are covered with copious amounts of miniature, wispy, leaves with serrated edges. The leaves themselves are either lilac, or magenta with white lines, flexible and rough.

It produces a thick sheet of large, light grey flowers with many layers of petals. They are hardy and have a soft scent that smells like cheap aftershave. In late autumn it forms smalllime seed pods.