Bluevine

This short shrub grows up to 1 foot (30.5 cm) tall and lives for around 34 years. It is very resistant to disease and destructive insect infestation.

It has many knobbly, curved stems covered in cracked, white with black speckled bark, and the wood inside is dark brown.

The branches trail down towards the ground with dozens of twigs that and are covered with small bunches of tiny, thick, leaves with wavy edges. The leaves themselves are blue at the bottom and deep blue with lime zig-zags at the top, delicate and smooth.

In mid-spring it produces hundreds of medium-sized, blood red blossoms with finger-like petals with a tube-like floral cup. They fall easily and have a soft scent that smells like pepper.

In late winter small pleated fruits ripen. The sticky amber skin is thin and inedible, and the crunchy magenta flesh is salty and oily. The lime seed is small and sits at the end of the fruit.