Pukeiti

Family: Ericaceae (Heath)

Life form: Shrub - evergreen

Comments: Habit: Dense compact shrub to 1.5m x 1.5m.
Foliage: Lanceolate dark green leaves, scaly below.
Flowers: Buds cream with pink stripes, opening creamy white with pink flush on tube, open funnel bell-like, 4-7 per umbel.
History: Originally listed as 'C.O.S' in Huthnance Catalogues and named after the staff member who noted the odd seedling in a batch of other plants.
NZ raised hybrid.
Additional information: Not readily available in New Zealand.