Copperleaf

This average-sized shrub grows up to 2 feet (61.0 cm) tall and lives for around 15 years. It is very resistant to disease but is susceptible to destructive insect infestation.

It has dozens of narrow, straight stems covered in delicate, cracked, copper-coloured bark, and the wood inside is silver.

The branches trail down towards the ground with thousands of twigs that and are covered with large amounts of miniature, stiff, pointed, leaves with ripped edges. The leaves themselves are amber at the bottom and cream with dark brown patches at the top, tough and clammy.

In late spring it produces hundreds of medium-sized, dark grey flowers with spiral petals with a bell-shaped floral cup. They fall easily and have an intense scent that smells like wet dog.