Copperfern

This huge shrub grows up to 11 feet (3.4 meters) tall and lives for around 40 years. It is very susceptible to disease and insect infestation.

It has numerous knobbly, wavy stems covered in thin, silky, dark gray bark, and the wood inside is copper-coloured.

The branches are short and thick with hundreds of twigs that and are covered with thick bunches of giant, needle-like, leaves with serrated edges. The leaves themselves are generally brown, durable and crispy.

It produces a thick sheet of small, caramel flowers with wide petals. They fall easily and have an intensely strong scent that smells like a man. In early autumn it forms smallorange berries.