Clinging Spikerose

This small shrub grows up to 1 foot (30.5 cm) tall and lives for around 15 years. It is susceptible to disease and destructive insect infestation.

It has several wide, angular stems covered in thin, cracked, white with black speckled bark, and the wood inside is gray.

The branches trail down towards the ground that and are covered with large amounts of miniature, very narrow and elongated, leaves with smooth edges. The leaves themselves are either aquamarine, or blood red with brown lines, flimsy and sticky.

It produces handfuls of tiny, light red flowers with broad, flat petals with a tube-like floral cup. They are very delicate and have a strong scent that smells like old shoes. In mid-summer it forms tinybronze seed pods.