Ashy Blue

This small shrub grows up to 1 foot (30.5 cm) tall and lives for around 33 years. It is very resistant to destructive insect infestation but susceptible to disease.

It has many slender, straight stems covered in paper-thin, silky, black with white speckled bark, and the wood inside is mahogany-coloured.

The branches are short, thin and wispy with hundreds of twigs that and are covered with thick bunches of small, 7 pointed, leaves with rounded edges. The leaves themselves are either beige, or ashy blue with peach patches, durable and covered in fine hairs.

It produces dozens of giant, grey flowers with heart-shaped shaped petals. They fall easily and have a delicate scent that smells like musk. In mid-summer it forms giantpale yellow, winged seeds that spin and fall nearby.