Clinging Peachvine

This small shrub grows up to 1 foot (30.5 cm) tall and lives for decades, with the oldest known specimen being around 146 years old. It is not very resistant to disease and destructive insect infestation.

It has several thick, angular stems covered in delicate, ridged, brown bark, and the wood inside is yellow.

The branches are short and thick with dozens of twigs that and are covered with large amounts of tiny, circular, leaves with serrated edges. The leaves themselves are found in white, purple and muted blue varieties, delicate and waxy.

In late spring it produces handfuls of medium-sized, peach flowers with slender, pointed petals with a trumpet-shaped floral cup. They detach easily and have a faint scent that smells like a man.