Golden Willowfern

This large shrub grows up to 6 feet (1.8 meters) tall and lives for around 83 years. It is very susceptible to disease and insect infestation.

It has many very thick, straight stems covered in wrinkled, yellow bark, and the wood inside is white.

The branches trail down to the ground with dozens of twigs that and are covered with large amounts of tiny, slender, pointed, leaves with toothed edges. The leaves themselves are a shade of pink-red that gradient shifts to dark grey at the top, light and soft.

It produces many tiny, grey flowers with long, narrow petals with a trumpet-shaped floral cup. They are hardy and have an overpowering scent that smells like sugar. In midwinter it forms tinygold, spiky-shelled seeds.