Copperleaf

This large shrub grows up to 6 feet (1.8 meters) tall and lives for around 22 years. It is very resistant to destructive insect infestation but susceptible to disease.

It has several very thick, wavy stems covered in hard, ridged, burgundy bark, and the wood inside is copper-coloured.

The branches are very short and slender with dozens of twigs that and are covered with sparse amounts of large, long, narrow, leaves with rounded edges. The leaves themselves are solid bronze or lime, with peach edges, rigid and smooth.

It produces thousands of giant, yellow flowers with circular petals with a tube-like floral cup. They detach easily and have a fairly strong scent that smells like coconut. In mid-autumn it forms smallwhite, tough-shelled seeds.