Pukeiti

Family: Ericaceae (Heath)

Life form: Shrub - evergreen

Comments: Habit: Forms a well branched, rounded shrub.
Foliage: Olive green leaves that are elliptic to broadly elliptic in shape, 11.5cm long x 7 cm wide.
Flowers: A very fragrant truss of light purplish-pink flowers, each with a pale greenish-yellow throat.

History: Seed collected from Dexter Hybrids at Everett Estate, USA about 1945.
Additional notes: Not readily available in New Zealand.