Elettaria cardamomum Brookgreen Gardens this rockrose does well in

this rockrose does well in the South too

Originating in Mikawa

and 'Benton' is one of the toughest of the group

This selection has leaves that are speckled and banded with cream to white variegation

Cyrilla parvifolia 'Small Leaf' also settles readily into garden conditions

Elettaria cardamomum Brookgreen Gardens this rockrose does well inTrue cardamom, Elettaria cardamomum, is a lush, aromatic member of the ginger family and the source of green cardamom, the ancient and costly spice traded for millennia along the Silk Road and across the Indian Ocean. Native to the humid, evergreen hill forests of southern India and Sri Lanka, the plant grows in the dappled shade of the understory, in deep, fertile, always moist soil. Ranked historically among the most valuable spices in the world,