Copperleaf

This modest-sized shrub grows up to 2 feet (61.0 cm) tall and lives for around 60 years. It is very resistant to disease but is susceptible to destructive insect infestation.

It has dozens of slender, angular stems covered in silky, copper-coloured bark, and the wood inside is mahogany-coloured.

The branches trail down across the ground with dozens of twigs that and are covered with large amounts of large, sickle shaped, leaves with wavy edges. The leaves themselves are either orange or aquamarine, with violet zig-zags, light and covered in fine hairs.

It produces many medium-sized, ashy blue flowers with long, narrow petals. They fall easily and have a soft scent that smells like warm cookies. In late autumn it forms tinyhazel seed pods.