Lemon Myrtle, probably the best know bush botanical edible,  is often referred to as the “Queen of the Bush Herbs”. It’s intensely citrus flavour and aroma, has been used in Aboriginal cuisine and medicine for thousands of years.. Its is a subtropical rainforests plant of central and south-eastern Queensland.

Saying that is does grow as far south as Victoria.  If you can plant it out of the strong winds and away from frosts lemon myrtle can be quite happy in this temperate environment.

Lemon myrtle the queen of bush herbs