, Purple Hop Bush, grows to about 3 m tall and has deep purplish red leaves and fruit capsules, especially in late summer to early spring. Seed collected in the early 1890s by Mrs Thomas Wilkins from plants on the banks of the Wairau River, Marlborough, on the s Island of New Zealand. Plants grown in her garden from this seed were later introduced to the trade by a Christchurch nurseryman.