Native Pepperleaf: Mountain Pepper in the Australian Garden

About Mountain PepperTasmannia lanceolata is native to mountain and highland areas of southeastern Australia — Tasmania, the Victorian Alps, the Southern Highlands of NSW, and the ACT. It produces small dark berries with an extraordinary hot pepper flavour that builds slowly and lingers. Both the dried berries and dried leaves are used as a pepper substitute and spice in cooking.Growing RequirementsMountain pepper is a cool to cool-temperate plant that benefits from cold winters — flavour in…