Pukeiti

Family: Ericaceae (Heath)

Comments: Habit: Compact mounded shrub to 1.8m x 2.5m.
Foliage: Dark green elliptic leaves, convex shape, brown felted hair layer below.
Flowers: Umbels of 8 open-funnel shaped flowers with wavy lobes, rose red with darker red blotch and large calyx of same rose red. November flowering.
History: Bred by Halmer Larson pre 1977 and raised and introduced by Fred and Jean Minch, 1989, Puyallup, Washington, USA.