Burgundy Blossom

This small shrub grows up to 1 foot (30.5 cm) tall and lives for around 15 years. It is susceptible to disease and destructive insect infestation.

It has several flexible, crooked stems covered in rough, yellow-brown bark, and the wood inside is burgundy-brown.

The branches trail down to the ground with hundreds of twigs that and are covered with very large amounts of small, long, tapering, leaves with rounded edges. The leaves themselves are found in yellow and sky blue varieties, fairly frail and clammy.

In early spring it produces several giant, peach blossoms with fan-like petals with a tube-like floral cup. They fall easily and have no scent.

In midwinter tiny oval fruits ripen. The smooth violet skin is thick and edible when cooked; it is sweet, and the slightly crunchy turquoise flesh is bitter and juicy. The black seed is tiny and sits at the top of the fruit.