This shrub has upright grey-brown angular stems that are with flattened, sharply pointed leaf-like blue-grey branchlets. The leaves are reduced or absent and the tiny bell-shaped white flowers appear in clusters during autumn.

Hardiness zones 7 to 10

Colletia paradoxais naturally found in South America growing in temperate regions of Brazil in scrubland in well drained moderately fertile sandy to stony loams. It prefers a sunny position protected from cold drying winds and is drought and light frost resistant.

The Anchor Plant is grown for its unusual textured branches and is planted in shrub borders for screening and as a pedestrian or intruder barrier. It established in 2 to 3 years and may be grown in planter boxes or used for foliage contrast. Care when planting as it has very sharp spinesand it is suitable for coastal or arid regions. ID 2183

Colletia (ko-LET-e-a) paradoxa(para-DOX-a)

Rhamnaceae (ram-NAY-see-ee)
Rhamnales