Blacktwig

This small shrub grows up to 1 foot (30.5 cm) tall and lives for around 41 years. It is very susceptible to disease and insect infestation.

It has dozens of thick, straight stems covered in hard, waxy, black with white speckled bark, and the wood inside is yellow-brown.

The branches are tall, rigid and upright with thousands of twigs that and are covered with large amounts of huge, spear shaped, leaves with smooth edges. The leaves themselves are pink on the sides and blue at the center, frail and smooth.

It produces hundreds of giant, blood red flowers with spear shaped petals with a tube-like floral cup. They are very delicate and have a mildly strong scent that smells like candle wax. In late autumn it forms smallgold, winged seeds that spin and fall nearby.