Indigo Bellbush

This huge shrub grows up to 14 feet (4.3 meters) tall and lives for around 11 years. It is very resistant to disease but is susceptible to destructive insect infestation.

It has dozens of long and flexible, slanted stems covered in thick, wrinkled, black with white speckled bark, and the wood inside is yellow-brown.

The branches are short, thin and wispy with dozens of twigs that and are covered with very large amounts of huge, fan-like, leaves with smooth edges. The leaves themselves are found in white and slate varieties, rigid and smooth.

In early summer it produces handfuls of tiny, indigo flowers with sickle shaped petals with a bell-shaped floral cup. They fall easily and have a faint scent that smells like candle wax.