Bundaberg West Plants - Most Popular

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Vanilla

The fermented pod of this climbing orchid is harvested for vanilin, an aromatic sweet scents used to flavour cakes, and perfumes.   The only insect capable of pollinating the blossom is the Melipona, a bee, native only to Mexico so all plants must be hand pollinated within 12 hours of the flower opening.  The pods take nine month to develop.

Mega Tube | $17.75 AU | Approx. 7 in stock

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Arrowroot

This edible canna has large round red rhizomes can be eaten raw, cooked as potatoes or used as a flour and thickening agent. Tubers multiply prolifically in deep rich friable soil.

140mm pot | $12.90 AU | Approx. 10 in stock

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Yacon - Apple of the Earth

Also known as the 'Earth Apple' this is one of the ancient crops of the Inca's. Produces large tubers similar in appearance to sweet potatoes, but they have a much sweeter taste and crunchy flesh. Vigorous, herbaceous perennial plant related to the sunflower growing to 2 metres tall.

140mm pot | $12.90 AU | Approx. 74 in stock

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Taro Japanese

A staple crops throughout Asia and the Pacific. The delicious small tuber can substitute potato in almost any dish. Its heart-shaped leaves make for an attractive plant that grows well in shade and sun. Prefers moist soil.

140mm pot | $12.90 AU | Approx. 20 in stock

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