Caramel Willow

This average-sized shrub grows up to 3 feet (91.4 cm) tall and lives for around 44 years. It is susceptible to disease and destructive insect infestation.

It has dozens of wide, straight stems covered in delicate, silky, yellow-brown bark, and the wood inside is white.

The branches are short stubs with hundreds of twigs that and are covered with small bunches of miniature, sickle shaped, leaves with tattered edges. The leaves themselves are blue on the sides and black at the center, delicate and leathery.

It produces thousands of giant, caramel flowers with 2 spiral shaped petals. They detach easily and have a faint scent that smells like petrol. In late autumn it forms medium-sizedorange, winged seeds that spin and fall nearby.