Clinging Arborvine

This small shrub grows up to 1 foot (30.5 cm) tall and lives for around 46 years. It is somewhat resistant to disease and destructive insect infestation.

It has several branched, angular stems covered in thin, knobbly, black with white speckled bark, and the wood inside is burgundy.

The branches are very short and thin with thousands of twigs that and are covered with small amounts of small, slender, pointed, leaves with irregular edges. The leaves themselves are either peach, or gold with cream edges, hardy and clammy.

In early spring it produces a thick sheet of giant, aquamarine flowers with long, narrow petals with a trumpet-shaped floral cup. They are hardy and have a delicate scent that smells like faeces.