Vanilla Lily Seeds (Arthropodium milleflorum) - 100 seeds

Grow a Sweet Native Delight 🌱

Add a touch of native beauty and tradition to your garden with Vanilla Lily seeds, hand-harvested by our Aboriginal team at Black Duck Foods from Yumburra (Foster, VIC). Known for its stunning purple flowers and sweet vanilla scent, this native edible plant produces delicious tubers traditionally harvested and cooked by Aboriginal people for generations.

By planting Vanilla Lily, you’re helping to revive a rich cultural connection to Country and Aboriginal food knowledge, while bringing a unique bushfood flavor to your meals.

What is Vanilla Lily?

Vanilla Lily is a native wildflower that grows across southeastern Australia. Its beautiful purple flowers release a light vanilla scent, and its edible tubers have a mild, nutty flavor when cooked.

For thousands of years, Aboriginal people have harvested the tubers as a reliable food source, using them in a variety of traditional dishes.

How to Grow Vanilla Lily

Vanilla Lily is a hardy, low-maintenance plant that thrives in Australian gardens:

1. Planting:

• Sow seeds in autumn for best results.

• Scatter the seeds just below the soil surface in well-draining soil.

• Water lightly to keep the soil moist during germination.

2. Growing Conditions:

• Prefers full sun to partial shade.

• Ideal for native gardens, pots, or rockeries.

• Once established, it’s drought-tolerant and requires little care.

How to Harvest Vanilla Lily

Vanilla Lily tubers are ready to harvest after about 12-18 months:

1. Wait for the flowers to fade and the plant to die back, which signals that the tubers are mature.

2. Carefully dig around the plant’s base to uncover the tubers.

3. Leave some tubers behind to ensure regrowth for future harvests.

How to Cook Vanilla Lily

The Vanilla Lily tubers are versatile and can be enjoyed in various ways:

• Roast or bake the tubers to bring out their nutty, earthy flavor.

• Boil or steam them for a soft, sweet addition to meals.

• Mash them into a creamy side dish or add to soups and stews.

Traditionally, our people slow-cooked the tubers in ground ovens, allowing the natural flavors to develop and creating a delicious, nourishing food source.

A Connection to Country

These Vanilla Lily seeds have been hand-harvested by the Aboriginal team at Black Duck Foods from Yumburra, ensuring cultural integrity and respect for traditional practices.

By planting Vanilla Lily in your garden, you’re supporting First Nations food systems and playing a role in the revival of traditional agriculture and bushfood knowledge.

Grow with purpose. Connect to Country. Taste the stories of the land.