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Creamy Bluebell

Shrub type: Deciduous (Stores water in the thickened base of its stem)

This short shrub grows up to 1 foot (30.5 cm) tall and lives for around 35 years. It is somewhat resistant to disease and destructive insect infestation.

It has numerous long and flexible, straight stems covered in paper-thin, wrinkled, white with black speckled bark, and the wood inside is yellow-brown.

The branches are short and thin that and are covered with very large amounts of large, stiff, pointed, leaves with ripped edges. The leaves themselves are cream on the sides and cyan at the center, sturdy and smooth.

In early spring it produces many balls of medium-sized, green flowers with long, tapering petals. They detach easily and have a delicate scent that smells like new books.

It can grow in even the most barren lands.
It is almost impossible to grow from cuttings.
It is suitable for use as a construction material