Pukeiti
Pukeiti
Pukeiti
Plant Hunter’s Station
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Taxon
Rhododendron 'Tui'
Family:
Ericaceae (Heath)
Comments:
Habit: Compact shrub to 1m x 1m.
Foliage: Glossy, densly hairy underneath and on petioles.
Flowers: 3-5 per umbel, green yellow buds open white, flushed pink, with yellow dorsal flare. Prominent pink calyx. Scented. October flowering.
History: Growing at Pukeiti on the Richardson Walk in 1968 under the name R. edgeworthii hybrid with no record of its origin. Propagated and named by Ewan Perrott (1971). Name registered by Graham Smith (1979).
Locations
1:
Keiller S10
(T3/S10)
• Accession: T3/2013-0038/A • Provenance: Garden
2:
• Accession: T3/2021-1133 (2) • Provenance: Garden
3:
Richardson R3
(T3/R3)
• Accession: T3/1985-1040
4:
Richardson R3
(T3/R3)
• Accession: T3/2013-0038 (2) • Provenance: Garden
5:
Stead S3
(T3/S3)
• Accession: T3/2013-0038 (2) • Provenance: Garden
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Individual