Pukeiti

Family: Ericaceae (Heath)

Life form: Shrub - evergreen

Comments: Habit: Vigorous bold leaf shrub to 2m but slow growing.

Foliage: Thick shoots, large elliptic leaves, 240mm long, brown scaled when young.

Flowers: Huge watermelon pink tubular funnels in dense umbel of up to 20 flowers, 30cm across. Flowers once or twice a year.

History: Parentage unknown. Registered by unknown (pre 2000).