Silverleaf

This short shrub grows up to 1 foot (30.5 cm) tall and lives for decades, with the oldest known specimen being around 146 years old. It is very resistant to destructive insect infestation but susceptible to disease.

It has dozens of wide, angular stems covered in rough, yellow bark, and the wood inside is black with white speckles.

The branches trail down to the ground with hundreds of twigs that and are covered with large amounts of giant, thin, leaves with toothed edges. The leaves themselves are silver and silver, tough and waxy.

In mid-spring it produces a thick sheet of medium-sized, indigo flowers with perforated petals with a tube-like floral cup. They fall easily and have a strong scent that smells like cheap aftershave.