Caramelfern

This big shrub grows up to 9 feet (2.7 meters) tall and lives for around 38 years. It is not very resistant to disease and destructive insect infestation.

It has several stocky, wavy stems covered in hard, rough, brown-green bark, and the wood inside is pale yellow.

The branches are very long, thin and wispy with thousands of twigs that and are covered with large amounts of large, spear shaped, leaves with jagged edges. The leaves themselves are blood red and pink, frail and leathery.

In late spring it produces a handful of tiny, caramel flowers with pleated petals with a tube-like floral cup. They are very delicate and have an intense scent that smells like pineapple.