Top 12 Must-Have (& Easy!) Plants for a lush Tropical Garden 

1:40: Plumeria 2:48: Heliconia 4:03 Fern Tree 5:05 Ginger Plant 5:40 Bird Nest Fern 7:01 Dieffenbachia 8:22 Homalomena 9:12 Boston Fern 10:01 Pothos 10:55 Philodendron Lime, Brasil 11:43 Aglaonema 13:12 Caladium 13:53 Tradescandia 14:25 Monstera

Greetings from Georgia, USA (zone 8b) My husband and I watch your videos and have started a jungle garden in our backyard. We are having the best time!

I love that you started your greeting with Filipino :D

Hi Irene, I'm from India. I love ur tropical garden makeover. Its so 😍 beautiful. The moment I saw ur video on RU-vid. I started collecting tropical plants for my future terrace garden. Myself and my younger son ( 8 yrs old) are fond of plants and love collecting them. We are vry much inspired from ur garden and want to make one on our terrace. Please could you help me out by sending ur whole video of ur garden.

Wow I'm glad you have lots of Filipino viewers as well😍

I watched your very informative video on all the various non soil mediums. I found it fantastic when you explained each potting medium and what they do. Thank you Irene 😊💓

Irene…Mabuhay! I’m a Filipina and I love your channel! I’m an academic Dean of nursing and indoor gardens are my favorite hobby! Sending you love from Phoenix Arizona US!

I like this vlog Ma'am. Proud to be a Filipino when you said "Mabuhay"!😍

Sending garden love from Nepal! I love finding plant people in Asia with quality, informative content in English, like yours! Thank you!

mabuhay! :) just so thrilled you greeted your viewers in filipino. loving your vlogs a lot, maybe because we're both living in a tropical region so your plant suggestions will really work for us here in the philippines.thank you so much, irene!

I really love your vlogs Irene!! I learn a lot and am so inspired! Kudos and more power!

Before seeing the serenity of yr garden, hearing u talk is already so calming...

After seeing several of your videos I decided I want to create/grow a tropical garden. So this video showed up at a very good time for me (thank you RU-vid 😉 ).

Its so nice to hear our ASEAN neighbor greeting us in their vlog ❤️

As always, a joy to watch and listen to. Thank you so much

Soooooo gorgeous..... cant get enough of tropical plants 😁👍

Such a beautiful and Unique VLOG

Ohhh wow! I was so surprised when you suddenly greeted a Filipino language. You are so sweet! I feel so refreshed seeing your garden and really happy for being so unselfish sharing everything about your fantastic garden ideas. More power to you and more vloggs to watch from your channel..

i cant help rewatching your vlog bec. of you i learned a lot...i emproved my garden into tropical look bec. i have several trees..thank you very much Irene...Good Luck...

You have a beautiful garden with a wonderful variety plants👌love it all❤ Thank you for sharing 🤗🙏🙏

Hi I'm from the Philippines i also have those tropical plants you menrioned but I'm still emmature plant Mom here. I wish my plants will grow beautifully like yours. I love all your tropical plants they are so gorgeous like you. You inspired me a lot everytime i see your blog which is good. God bless🙏

Hello Irene !Im Beth from the Phil.I've been watching your videos for quite sometime and Im learning a lot .I'm also enjoying your tours with your friends' garden.God bless

I love that you greet your Filipino subscribers in our native language. ♥️♥️♥️

I would like to have a tropical garden like yours one day, i wish i could make similar to yours with a vertical garden.

Well. As a landscape architect, I really love the lush green of the tropical gardens. Thanks for sharing! Greating from Vietnam!

I really enjoyed your video, Irene. You are so beautiful and kind. I love how thorough you are with the different plants. Thank you so much for sharing.

I also agree with the heliconias...I planted 2 tiny heliconia rostrata in my backyard in indonesia... the ground is mostly made of construction debris, but they don't care! They are spreading all over the place and flowering all the time. Hero of my garden

I love your annotations. You have a good sense of humor. Excellent video! Thank you.

You are my FAVOURITE! Thank you Irene 🙏

Such a beautiful tropical plant, very inspiring....thanks Irene

I have a garden in Bangkok, and agree to your selection of plants. Very good, and I especially like the Frangipani (Plumeria) tree that comes in many shapes, with beautiful flowers and it is easy to grow. I also like the bird nest fern (Asplenium nidus) since it can easily be grown both on the ground and up in the trees. I prefer it up in the trees, where it can also serve as a substrate for other ferns or even orchids that grow on it. What I want to add to your list is palm trees as they really make a garden lush and tropical. For a small or medium sized garden, I recommend two species. The MacArthur palm and the Golden Cane palm. They are both cheap, readily available and grow fast. They are both clumping, but you can trim the number of trunks. Height is up to 3-5 m, the MacArthur being a bit taller and the Golden Cane being a bit more voluminous. Hope this is useful.

I love the way you show people the beauty of nature. If we see this beaury we love it and so we protekt and carry it.🦋

Nice tropical plants it's serene and peacefull garden

Mabuhay...love it..

Have been watching your videos for the last few months. I just love the tropical gardens in ur videos. Above all, your voice is so so soothing and has a calming effect. Lots of Love from the Northeastern part of India 🥰🥰

I just discovered your channel today as a recommendation from RU-vid and I’m glad YT did it because I did enjoyed your contents. I am dreaming to have my own garden space like these big and fully green and lushly. Oh My goodness yours is so beautiful! 😍 for now I’m starting to collect the plants that will be present in my future plant kingdom 🥰😍 love from Sri Lanka.

Like like like! Wonderful and pretty ms Irene😍 i so ❤️ your plants!

Always watching... tropical garden, paradise..

Great tips. Looking forward and excited to see what I can do with my balcony. Thanks for the tips.

Love your vlog and that macrame planter behind you.

Mabuhay💗💗💗

Precious tips, thanks Irene.

I love your blogs and all..all your plants are gorgeous.. And your beautiful too like all plants...thank u ma'am...

Mabuhay! Greetings from my beautiful country, Philippines 🇵🇭

Hello Irene ! I’m blessed today coz I found your channel ... your garden 🪴 is so BEAUTIFUL, LOVELY, STUNNING, HERMOSA, MUJER, MAGANDA ( means beautiful in Tagalog - Filipino ) ... thank you so much , love 💕 love that tropical jungle garden. It inspired me to plant in my back yard. JONAH, from San Gabriel, Ca USA

Greetings from the 🇵🇭 Philippines. Your skill is astonishing.

I have some of the plants that you featured. I'm now fixing my concrete planter box Infront of the house. Thank you for sharing your list of plants.

Hello from the Philippines! Ang ganda ng garden mo. It means your garden is beautiful.

I really love the monstera Delaciosa super wow😍

I always enjoyed watching your vlogs. Calming while learning 😊

I love the monstera beside you!🤩🤩🤩

آداب۔ خوبصورت باغبانی ،دل خوش ہو گیا۔

OMG! Thanks Irene! Thank you for the ideas and tips. I really love your vlogs!. Waiting for your next vlog! From philippines🙂❤

I love your garden.😍😍😍 You have beautiful plants. Hope to have a tropical garden soon. Watching from the Philippines.

I just found your channel and am so grateful. Your knowledge, sense of design and your presentation all combine to make a really inspirational and educational video. Thank you so much!!!

Very excited to see another video Irene. A very worthy list and it got me thinking of my list here in Australia. I would have to include the very versatile Cordylines and Crotons for big foliage colour. Palm trees for the canopy. Bromeliads that can grow as epiphytes or on the ground in all sizes and colours. It’s difficult to limit your choice in a tropical garden there are so many gorgeous plants to choose from.. Thankyou for posting, you’re such a natural on camera.

Love your video... so refreshing just viewing them...

Mabuhay! Keep planting. More power to you.

Mabuhay,Pilipino from Guam, I love your Vlog , thank you for sharing.💕

Mabuhay. Love the content. 👍

Learning a lot from you!! Thanks much!!💙

Love this and I totally agree about dieffenbachia as an underrated plant. There's too much craziness over rare plants.

Bagus sekali tanaman hiasnya 👍👍

Thank you so much for such informative input. I am slowly developing my tropical garden...

Watching regularly from Philippines!

How beautiful plants.. Happy always

Hello... And good morning...Those Plants are healthy and lovely....i love it..😍 😍 😍 Thank you so much for sharing your great work....All the best wishes to you...☺

Thanks very much, I enjoyed your video. I love the Boston fern in particular as well as the Pathos plant. I'm going to check out their availability here in the UK. Especially as I love ferns. I love your garden by the way!

Mabuhay from NYC! Salamat!

I love your vertical garden. I'm planning to do mine soon😘

Hi Irene! Nice garden you have! Lei here from Philippines 🇵🇭

This vedio inspired me to make my own garden like this ...❤ from sri lanka

Wow your the only vlogger i have watched to have that kind of intro💗 MABUHAY!🇵🇭

Hi Irene , always my favourites are Aglonema’s 🥰thank you for all your information 🙌🪴👌🧤👒🥰🦘🐨🇦🇺

i do enjoy viewing your videos, thank you for your gardening /landscaping tips

Mabuhay from the Philippines! I love your channel. Thank you for all the information!

Hello from Rockford IL, I'm so happy I found your channel!!!!!!!!!!!!!!😍🥰🤩

saying Hello from the Philippines! love your lush pocket rainforest! Subscribed👍

Your plants are so beautiful and healthy. Really impressed.

Thank you for making these videos!! I love them 😍 can you point me where you have talked about how to prepare the soil for the teopical garden? Thank you

great sharing

Mabuhay ka Irene!keep on leafing around 💚😘

Good morning Irene!!! I missed this live!!! 😔 but I am so very thankful for this!!! 𝙈𝘼𝙍𝘼𝙈𝙄𝙉𝙂 𝙎𝘼𝙇𝘼𝙈𝘼𝙏 𝙋𝙊 ! I am curating too and redoing my porch for a small-space “tropical paradise” 🥰✨ SSSOOOO excited to design it with your information and thoughts!!! Huge THANK YOU!!! ♥️ “𝐶ℎ𝑎𝑜𝑠 𝑖𝑠 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑚𝑎𝑘𝑒𝑠 𝑎 𝑡𝑟𝑜𝑝𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑙 𝑗𝑢𝑛𝑔𝑙𝑒.“ -𝐼𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑒 ♥️♥️♥️

Wow so happy you know how to speak tagalog I love your content I am also a plant parent from Phillipines 😍

Love this collection ! 😍

I love your show,watching from Bacolod city,Phil..I have a tropical garden in my yard n have most of the plants you mentioned n they are all potted..I have different variety of plants that I collected for years..Have a great day!

Always watching from the Philippines! 🤓

Loved it....

Very informative, thank you.

I loved EVERYTHING!!!

Been watching you for quite sometime. First Subscriber here because of your greetings! Great contents Irene!

Love your videos, but of course, your plants too! ❤❤❤

Mabuhay... God bless u irene❤️

Thank you for all the information. Love your videos

So so beautiful. All the plants you are showing. I love this channel 👏👏👏🇳🇿😘

Hi Ms. Irene! I'm a subscriber from the Philippines. . . I love your videos😍😉😊

I really love plants you have.nice and beautiful mam

Love your garden... So beautiful.

Stay healthy Irine. I do like this flog,, inspiring even I am an orchid lover.

MABUHAY! 💚💚💚