Silverbark Crimsonfern

This modest-sized shrub grows up to 3 feet (91.4 cm) tall and lives for around 37 years. It is somewhat resistant to disease and destructive insect infestation.

It has several slender, slanted stems covered in fine, silky, yellow-brown bark, and the wood inside is silver.

The branches are tall, rigid and upright with dozens of twigs that and are covered with handfuls of small, very narrow and elongated, leaves with rounded edges. The leaves themselves are crimson and peach, tough and rough.

In early spring it produces many medium-sized, lime flowers with circular petals. They fall easily and have a soft scent that smells like rotten egg.