Bloodfern

This modest-sized shrub grows up to 2 feet (61.0 cm) tall and lives for around 38 years. It is not very resistant to disease and destructive insect infestation.

It has dozens of wide, straight stems covered in very thick, silky, pine-coloured bark, and the wood inside is white with black speckles.

The branches are long and slender with hundreds of twigs that and are covered with sparse amounts of large, long, tapering, leaves with serrated edges. The leaves themselves are olive with red tips, sturdy and waxy.

It produces several small, blood red flowers with long, tapering petals. They are very delicate and have a delicate scent that smells like chocolate. In midwinter it forms giantorange seed pods.