Magenta Leaf Bush

This short shrub grows up to 1 foot (30.5 cm) tall and lives for around 23 years. It is not very resistant to disease and destructive insect infestation.

It has numerous narrow, curved stems covered in paper-thin, cracked, black bark, and the wood inside is pine-coloured.

The branches trail down across the ground with hundreds of twigs that and are covered with sparse amounts of huge, sickle shaped, leaves with toothed edges. The leaves themselves are either vivid red or magenta, with ashy orange patches, frail and smooth.

In late summer it produces thousands of small, vivid red flowers with 7 heart-shaped shaped petals. They are hardy and have a weak scent that smells like freshly baked bread.