Copperbell

This average-sized shrub grows up to 4 feet (1.2 meters) tall and lives for around 46 years. It is not very resistant to disease and destructive insect infestation.

It has dozens of flexible, twisting stems covered in thick, wrinkled, brown-green speckled bark, and the wood inside is copper-coloured.

The branches are very short and thin with hundreds of twigs that and are covered with small amounts of miniature, needle-like, leaves with tattered edges. The leaves themselves are grey and turquoise, flimsy and sticky.

In mid-summer it produces hundreds of giant, pink flowers with many layers of petals with a tube-like floral cup. They are hardy and have an intense scent that smells like rotten egg.