Pukeiti

Family: Ericaceae (Heath)

Life form: Shrub - evergreen

Comments: Habit: Dwarf mounded shrubs to 60cm x 60cm.

Foliage: Dense dark green narrow elliptic foliage, scaly below.

Flowers: Upstanding flowers on 10cm pedicels, reddish pink with creamy throat, 2-3 per umbel, narrow funnel shape. Repeat flowering, usually 2-3 main ones.

History: Cross by Os Blumhardt using pollen of R. saxifragoides collected in Papua New Guinea, Mt Giluwe, 1976.

Further information: Available from New Zealand vireya nurseries.