Copperfern

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 dozens of narrow, wavy stems covered in silky, dark brown bark, and the wood inside is dark brown.

The branches trail down to the ground with dozens of twigs that and are covered with copious amounts of miniature, long, narrow, leaves with rounded edges. The leaves themselves are a shade of brown or amber that gradient shifts to copper at the top, flimsy and fuzzy.

In early summer it produces thousands of large, peach blossoms with 8 umbrella-shaped shaped petals. They are hardy and have a weak scent that smells like roses.

In late autumn tiny oblong fruits ripen. The smooth cyan skin is stretchy and edible when cooked; it is sweet, and the slightly crunchy azure flesh is sweet and sticky. The hazel seed is very large and is in the centre of the fruit.