Anthony Tesselaar Plants

Anthony Tesselaar Plants is an International Plant Project Management Company working in over 15 different countries around the world: creating marketing strategies and implementing them is our business.

Our head office sits in 8 Hectares (20 acres) of gardens and trial testing areas in Silvan, just over an hour's drive east from central Melbourne, in the mountain ranges in the state of Victoria, Australia.

We travel extensively continually searching the world looking for plants that are brilliant, environmentally friendly and easy to grow with a minimum of fuss. We then make them readily available for everyone to enjoy - home gardeners, landscapers and horticulturists everywhere.

Making this possible means dealing with only the best plant breeders worldwide. Once we have selected a plant that shows these extraordinary traits, it is then extensively tested. Our trial sites are in Australia, the United States, France, Germany, Ireland, the Netherlands and New Zealand, and only after a plant has been through these various trials, is it entrusted to our grower network. This network of growers - people who share our values of professionalism and quality - then grow the plant locally, ready to be delivered to their local garden and landscape outlets.

And that's just for starters. Yes, our business is about searching the world for wonderful plants that are colourful, environmentally friendly and easy to grow with a minimum of fuss. You'd think that alone would keep us busy, but we also put a massive amount of effort into making sure our plants are as good as we say they are.

We have trial gardens around the globe, and we carry out research and development in areas such as flowering ability, disease tolerance, easy care (meaning no fancy maintenance) overall look of the plant/bush, low water use and identifying plants which grow well with less chemicals.

It is normally 5 to 7 years after we first see a new plant to do our trialing and testing before we think about it becoming available onto the market. It's not about new (which is nice), but they have to be good...AND proven!

Underpinning all this is a personal philosophy, based on strong ethical practices and professionalism. It's a straightforward approach driven by a simple aim - finding exceptional plants that are colourful, best in class and so easy to grow, and then bringing them to market. Enjoy!