Bluewood Condalia

Sun or shade. A nearly evergreen small tree with glowing lime-green foliage. The name is a Spanish reference to charcoal, for the dark greyish-black bark and reddish twigs. Flowers and fruits appear year-round. Bluewood is common and thicket-forming in native understory, providing the sort of dense cover that provides great habitat and nesting opportunities for urban wildlife. It is often removed by builders and subjected to endless brush sculpture, but with minimal training in a sunny setting, it forms a distinctive small ornamental.