Vanilla is a favourite flavouring right across the world, but traditional vanilla, in pod or essence form is expensive to buy, not to mention near impossible to grow in the UK. Yet the strappy green leaves of vanilla grass are a super easy-to-grow alternative that will provide you with a fresh supply of custardy, vanilla-scented extract to transform sponges, ice cream, rice pudding, whenever you want.A trick often used in Asia to give regular rice pudding a more refined fragrance (like posh jasmine varieties) is to pop whole Vanilla Grass leaves into the rice during cooking. Spice up your cooking & your garden. Savour the flavour fresh from your garden or windowsill.