The Pink New Zealand Tea Tree differs from the Red cultivar by having bi-colored flowers. White, light pink, and hot pink blooms grow on the same bush at the same time. Pink New Zealand Tea Trees actually grow more as multi-trunk shrubs than single-trunk trees and attract many species of butterflies, birds, and honeybees. The Pink New Zealand Tea Tree exudes small amounts of "Tea tree oil" from glands at the base of the leaves. This oil is what gives the plant its astringent yet pleasant aroma. Flowers of the Pink New Zealand Tea Tree make great indoor decoration as cut flowers and will bring a fresh green smell to the room where the blooms are placed. Leaves of the Pink New Zealand Tea Tree have been used to brew a tasty tea for which the plant is named. Captain James Cook was the first to use this plant in such a manner when he made his voyage to Australia in 1770. Pink New Zealand Tea Tree leaves were used medicinally by Aboriginal people of Australia for hundreds of years before the antiseptic qualities were studied by the Australian chemist Dr. Arthur Penfold in 1929. The Pink New Zealand Tea Tree is quite easy to grow and is so abundant that it is considered a weed in Australia. Demand in other countries, however, often exceeds supply making this spectacular plant rare and hard to find locally. Order a blooming size Pink New Zealand Tea Tree and enjoy the wonderful fragrance and abundant blooming as soon as the first year.