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Cut flower garden plants grow best in the tropics?

I live on a Caribbean island. I would put in a cut flower garden so you can make floral arrangements. Right now I have a lot of bird of paradise flowers, but I'm looking for some variety. I would like to order some seeds the U.S., and collect everything I can find locally. But I'm not sure what it is worth more in a vase. Know the sites and forums on gardening in the tropics?

I live in Maui, and Gingers, red, pink and blue are excellent here, and when I cut the flowers last a week or two. Try ginger, then birds, orchids grow very well here, just to name a few, but the best is the ginger plant. I love those big red flowers. Haleconia also grow great, and arranging flowers.

Peonies Wool Needlepoint Kit SAVOR THE FRESH AROMAS OF PEACHES AND PEONIES! This colorful hummingbird drinks in the nectar of these beautiful spring blossoms. A colorful design in Wool Needlepoint by ©Nancy Rossi for Kooler Design Studio, Inc. Bring the outdoors into any room in the home. Each kit contains 12-mesh cotton interlock canvas with heat transferred design, wool yarn, needle, graph and instructions in English, Fren…

Soft Pastel Green 18 Vase with Birds and Flowers; Hand Painted Original Vintage Porcelain $79.99 Known as the flower of wealth and honor in China, Peonies are one of the most popular floral motifs in Chinese art. The Peony is considered a symbol of both high rank and great prosperity. This vintage vase is hand painted with a profuse bloom of the auspicious flower. Two birds complete the traditional design as elements of harmony. This is an original work of art produced in the early 1980s at a…

BIRD Pot Feet RISERS Flower Plant Vase OUTDOOR/INDOOR $29.95 …

Bird of Paradise Wall Vase Set of 2 Ibis & Orchid Designs $33.99 Bird of Paradise Wall Vase set of 2 Ibis and Orchid Designs.The colors are so pretty, they bring true life to this gorgeous Bird of Paradise Wall Vase.Measures approximately 7 inches tall and 3 1/2 inches wide at the largest parts and coated inside to hold water and flowers if desired. Easy to hang with a keyhole on the flat back….

Luxury Gift – 32 Fine Chinese Birds & Flowers White Porcelain Hexagonal Vase Oriental Table Lamp $230.00 One of a collection of over 300 extraordinary, hand crafted, decorative oriental lamps- classic sizes & designs, perfect next to the sofa or chair, desk tops, hallway or foyer, or on the nightstand next to the bed. Before trade ties with China in the 1970’s, oriental lamps sold at antique stores and auctions houses for thousands of dollars, and beautified the decor of mostly European capitals & co…

Bird of Paradise Flowers Decorative High Gloss Ceramic Drawer Knob $2.99 Handcrafted in the USA to the highest standards using a specialized heat fused, high definition image transfer, that is tripled sealed with a UV resistant glass like gloss finish to ensure durability, easy cleaning, and to obtain an enamel hard like finish. Unlike some of our competitors cheaper plastic and wooden drawer knobs, our drawer knobs are made from high grade ceramic, the artwork is guar…

Connie Schaevitz Porcelain Deep Bowl Bird Vase State your style with bold colors and substantial size with Connie Schaevitz large flared porcelain deep bowl bird vase. This handcrafted porcelain accessorizes perfectly anywhere in the house and is also a statement making piece for outdoors….

Connie Schaevitz Vibrant Floral Vase with Exotic Birds Connie Schaevitz unique porcelain vase with vibrant florals for a decorative interior and leafy vines with exotic birds on its exterior. 7 3/4″H x 12 1/2″W….

Bird of Paradise Design – Hand Painted – Bud Vase – 7.5 inches tall $18.95 Hand Painted – Bud Vase – 7.5 inches tall A flower so beautiful and exotic that it is named after paradise itself. As in nature, our hand painted Bird of Paradise flowers are spectacular blossoms sporting magnificent plumage. Colorful stemmed flowers emerge from green boat-shaped bracts which are bordered in red. The numerous pointed petals of brilliant orange are contrasted with arrow shaped to…

Bird of Paradise Design – Hand Painted – Large Vase $44.95 Hand Painted – Large Cylinder Vase – 10 inches tallA flower so beautiful and exotic that it is named after paradise itself. As in nature, our hand painted Bird of Paradise flowers are spectacular blossoms sporting magnificent plumage. Colorful stemmed flowers emerge from green boat-shaped bracts which are bordered in red. The numerous pointed petals of brilliant orange are contrasted with arrow …