Elettaria cardamomum Brookgreen Gardens Hibiscus laevis is common

Hibiscus laevis is common

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

They form colonies in moist acid soil and make good garden subjects

beside a patio or pool

Elettaria cardamomum Brookgreen Gardens Hibiscus laevis is commonTrue 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,