Clinging Conifer

This small shrub grows up to 1 foot (30.5 cm) tall and lives for around 36 years. It is susceptible to disease and destructive insect infestation.

It has dozens of wide, angular stems covered in paper-thin, knobbly, black with white speckled bark, and the wood inside is burgundy-brown.

The branches are very short and thick with hundreds of twigs that and are covered with handfuls of huge, broad, flat, leaves with smooth edges. The leaves themselves are a shade of yellow that gradient shifts to azure at the top, sturdy and smooth.

In mid-spring it produces copious amounts of medium-sized, orange blossoms with sickle shaped petals with a tube-like floral cup. They are very delicate and have a delicate scent that smells like pot-purri.

In early autumn small needle-like fruits ripen. The rubbery crimson skin is thick and inedible, and the crunchy bronze flesh is bitter and sour and very juicy. The florescent red seeds are tiny and are dotted around on the skin of the fruit.