Vanilla Bean (Vanilla planifolia) NEW

Description: Vanilla Bean (Vanilla planifolia) is a tropical climbing orchid prized for producing the world’s most popular natural flavouring. Native to Mexico and Central America, this vigorous vine thrives in warm, humid conditions with filtered light and a sturdy support to climb. Its attractive green foliage and delicate orchid flowers make it an ornamental feature as well as a productive edible plant. Once pollinated, the flowers develop long seed pods that are carefully cured to create the fragrant vanilla beans used in cooking, baking, and perfumery. Well suited to tropical and subtropical gardens, vanilla is a rewarding long-term plant for food growers, collectors, and permaculture enthusiasts alike.