Yamina Rare Plants

Arnold and Elizabeth Teese moved to Monbulk in 1954. The humble beginnings of Yamina Rare Plants were established in 1958. Yamina was the name on the property and many years later my father much bemused realized in fact it wasn’t an Indigenous name but rather a Middle Eastern word meaning “going in the right direction”. Dad initially started growing plants on his parent’s dairy farm near Warragul. At the age of 12 years he imported his first seeds of Dahlia, Giant Delphiniums and Polyanthus.