Pukeiti

Family: Ericaceae (Heath)

Comments: Habit: Compact but upright, becoming open with age, to 1.5m.
Foliage: Narrow elliptic, 100 x 30mm, dark green, no hair layer beneath the leaves, but silvery when new.
Flowers: Umbel of 16, funnel shaped, light pink with reddish brown blotch in November.
History: One of 7 Dwarfs from Waterer, Sons and Crisp, UK.
Further information: Available from New Zealand rhododendron nurseries.