Blueberry Pine

This small shrub grows up to 1 foot (30.5 cm) tall and lives for around 39 years. It is very susceptible to disease and insect infestation.

It has several long and flexible, straight stems covered in hard, silky, dark green bark, and the wood inside is gray.

The branches trail down across the ground with thousands of twigs that and are covered with handfuls of giant, circular, leaves with serrated edges. The leaves themselves are sky blue at the bottom and red with blue streaks at the top, rigid and fuzzy.

In late summer it produces handfuls of large, cyan blossoms with stiff, pointed petals. They are hardy and have an overpowering scent that smells like musk.

In late winter tiny oblong fruits ripen. The smooth pink skin is delicate and inedible, and the crunchy olive flesh is salty and very juicy. The white seeds are large and are scattered throughout the fruit.