Lilac Amberbark

This small shrub grows up to 1 foot (30.5 cm) tall and lives for around 20 years. It is somewhat resistant to disease and destructive insect infestation.

It has dozens of stocky, straight stems covered in very thick, smooth, yellow bark, and the wood inside is yellow-brown.

The branches are long and slender with hundreds of twigs that and are covered with very large amounts of giant, broad, flat, leaves with smooth edges. The leaves themselves are amber on the sides and lilac at the center, tough and fuzzy.

It produces bunches of small, lilac flowers with 6 kidney-shaped shaped petals. They are sturdy and have no scent. In early autumn it forms smalldrab yellow seed pods.