Floral emblem tree. The "heilala" ("Garcinia sessilis") is Tonga's national flower. The name of Tonga's beauty pageant, the Heilala Festival, is taken from this flower. Resorts, as well as products, are also often named after this flower, such as the Heilala Lodge and Heilala Vanilla. The flower is also used in Tonga for medicinal and ornamental purposes. The national flower of Argentina is the flower of the ceibo tree ("Erythrina crista-galli"), also known as "seibo" or "bucaré" Bolivian national flowers are the "kantuta" ("Cantua buxifolia") and "patujú" ("Heliconia rostrata"). The national flower of Brazil is the flower of the Golden Trumpet Tree
Plantations in the American South slaves or workers. Planters themselves also usually maintained a small flower or vegetable garden. Cash crops were not grown in these small garden plots, but rather garden plants and vegetables for enjoyment. Plantations in the American South Plantations are an important aspect of the history of the American South, particularly the antebellum (pre-American Civil War) era. The mild subtropical climate, plentiful rainfall, and fertile soils of the southeastern United States allowed the flourishing of large plantations, where large numbers of workers, usually Africans held captive for slave labor, were required for agricultural production. An individual who owned a plantation was