Vietnamese Herbs for the Australian Garden

Vietnamese cuisine is built on fresh herbs — bundles of fragrant leaves tucked into bowls of pho, wrapped around grilled meats, or stirred through salads at the last moment. If you love cooking with these flavours, the good news is that most of the herbs responsible are surprisingly easy to grow in Australian gardens. Vietnamese balm, perilla, rice paddy herb, and laksa plant all thrive in our warmer months, and once you've grown your own, the supermarket substitutes will seem pale by comparis…