Copperleaf

This small shrub grows up to 1 foot (30.5 cm) tall and lives for around 96 years. It is very resistant to disease and destructive insect infestation.

It has many branched, twisting stems covered in very thick, waxy, copper-coloured bark, and the wood inside is light brown.

The branches are short and thin with hundreds of twigs that and are covered with thick bunches of miniature, wide, leaves with ripped edges. The leaves themselves are peach and violet, robust and covered in fine hairs.

It produces hundreds of medium-sized, white flowers with 8 pointed petals. They fall easily and have an intensely strong scent that smells like perfume. In late winter it forms giantpink aril (seeds with fleshy covers).