would enjoy a video when it's time to prune, going through with the scissors. Explaining the thought process, favorite tools, how/when/where to prune, etc., sharing your knowledge.
wow she is soo blessed to have such a pretty and tropical yard all to herself, here in Michigan Detroit we don't get any nice scenery like that and it really affects my mental health
You have one of the most amazing variety of tropical plants I have ever seen on youtube, very beautiful and enjoyable to learn more while watching. thanks!
I loved this video, I am an English girl now living in Miami and this video has helped me tremendously in finding the right plants for this climate. Your tropical garden is beautiful.
I live on the Gulf Coast of Florida. I wish you were in my area. I'd have you landscape my front yard. You are the best landscape designer I've seen. Your yard is gorgeous!
Mana Lani, I sure wish I could however to the back of my buffer is another community’s lake and the predators around are ferocious so I doubt I could keep up with keeping the fish safe. Thanks for your compliments!
Love the lush and soft feel you created. Hi neighbor 👋🏼 I think Oleander is highly toxic to dogs and horses? Sago palms are ☠️ for dogs too, all of the Sago parts apparently. And Brazilian Pepper?. Holy smokes, still learning.
Thank you! So many pretty tropicals available within the Jupiter area that’s a great cut off zone for warmer weather, great for colorful leafy plantings.
Now this a Florida garden, lush and tropical! Very beautiful! I see some people struggle with a vegetable garden in Florida of just dirt, this is so much better.
Like your landscape.. Try putting down Sand on the Grass I had a similar problem and it work... I’m in Texas and just got a new Neighboor that is always walking next to my fence picking his head into my yard! So I cover the fence with a tarp but Now they put a 12ft Trampling so they can keep looking in.. I bought a Leyland Cypress and thinking about building like a half Pergola across the Fence but cover the back part of it and put in close to the fence and then plant some tropical plants I have bird of paradise, olive tree, honey suckle some Elephants ears now growing everywhere.. I need to block his view so I can enjoy my morning coffee and my privacy!!! 😄
I Gave up on my narrow grass pathways because of the maintenance issues, cutting, controlling where the cuttings went, blowing the debris etc,. so we adapted astro turf with cut lowered edging effects where the mulch beds start and it's quite stunning. We even spread multi colored glitter over the turf to have that added night lighting effect of different colored glistening off of the ground.
LOve the babbling brook sound and look...I have two Morrocan style fountains in my Guatemalan tropical garden one huge wall with arch and painted tiles the other a star shaped traditional Spanish colonial tiled basin with 4 ft tourquoise bubbler fountain jar. I have shallow areas in my garden too and have used many of the same plants you have.Because my garden is smallish and mostly large center courtyard bricked I intensively planted tropical in diff heights in layers to our walls around our property...the walls are also covered with blooming tropical vines, bougainvillea, thunbnergia which attracts hummingbirds to feed all day. AN older cement fountain I moved to one of those beds and have planted ivy in the top bowls and geraniums in the bottom...my garden is intensely flower filled year round due to the climate.
Thank you, Phyllis, it has been a long process and unfortunately, we lost that big oak in the back. I just posted a second tour of the backyard that shows all the changes. If your pool area has good sun check out my recent video. Hope it helps!
Jennifer.l saw your new post today..lm sorry you lost your big oak tree. I watched your video in a hurry but will be going back to watch it again over and over lm sure.lol. My back yard was a open area 1/2 acre and it gets a lot of hot sun. And a killer sunset..We just planted mexican fan palms and now l am going to go back and fill in with plants that like the hot Tx sun..Your new video looks amazing..l have never seen anyone landscape like you do..Your yard looks beautiful and should be in a magazine...Thanks for the new post..and all the names of the trees and plants ..l know your weather is alot different then ours is here.plus you get a lot of rain and we dont here so l will have to choose plants that like the heat and not a lot of water...Thanks again..keep putting out great designs..
Love your yard. I live in southwest Texas and am just starting to plant palms and other tropical plants around my deck and pool. Thanks so much for your ideas.
Love your artistic plant selection. Here in Hawaii we have very loud coqui frogs, which requires spraying with citric acid. Do you have similar problems or any solutions to eekp out pests?
Hello Elaine, no that’s one thing we don’t have. We get carried off by mosquitoes and plants can get the typical pests aphids and spider mites I use Up-Star Gold for all the above. Mix it with water and battery sprayer and hit the whole yard in 15 min. Does the trick.
Your video is excellent however it's very hard to hear you and with all the great information you are giving us important to be able to hear.. you're great I wish you could come to Riverview, FL-:))
I love your back yard! Thanks for the planting tips, too. You mentioned creating layers with varying heights of plants, so if you have those 5 layers, how close can you plant them?
Love your videos. I'm in New Mexico where our tropical options are limited due to weather. We do have about 30 palm trees on our property but the jungly plants won't survive here.
Just loved seeing all the plants in your garden that I can only keep as houseplants up here in Washington State. Winter time tropical day dreaming. 🌴 🌞 Thanks for the tour ❤
Wow you have 27000 views of this wonderful video and only two hundred and some subscribers what a shame. I envy you the beautiful backyard you have with all those tropical plants. I live in Maryland and I sure don't have plants like that in my backyard
Excellent post. There are hundreds of croton varieties but only a few are available. I have found that they get better color in the full sun, but they can thrive with a little shade. I have seven different crotons so far. You should try Scheffleras. I have four different species including elegantissima, arboricola, alpine jr. and a variegated elegantissima. I am also surprised you don't have ficus.
It's stunning! Well done. I couldn't catch the name of the last clusters of plants you showed. The ones you said they have beautiful 4 colored flowers, that you want to grow at the same height of the deck wall and just need to be trimmed to keep happy. 15:20 video point.
Brandy Lee, ugh I know the sun is a tough work around. Not many things love direct sunlight so if there’s room start with a canopy tree or a grouping of dwarf palms and plan to plant under them as they grow. This will give the new plants some protection as they establish. Best of luck to you!
Absolutely love your videos! Recent move to Ft Myers area, older home w a yard that has nothing beautiful. You give so many ideas. Your backyard appears shady, can you create video on flowering plants that can handle full sun? Please and thank you!🌸
Gorgeous It would be very helpful if you would run a text line of the names of the plants & trees as u go along. Not the narrative just the names. It’s hard to hear you plainly or catch the names in casual way this is presented. Thank you
Hello Victoria, yes I agree that would make it helpful thank you for the suggestion. I plan on doing a walkthrough tour of a side yard planting I just completed and will be sure to add text for the plant names. Thanks.
There are so many plants that would do so well in Central Florida and for some reason WE DONT SEE them being sold at the Home improvement brick and mortar monopolies
True. Over the years I've discovered what's attractive and does well and also fits with the Florida theme, from others. The big stores sell commercial crap that doesn't thrive. I guess they want us coming back.
Would be helpful to know where in Florida you are. I live in North Florida zone 8 - but some of your plants do well in our area. Very beautiful plantings.
Is the lawn area there between your back veranda and your garden a flood zone area for water retention during our Florida afternoon monsoonal rains from tropical storms and hurricanes?
Watch five minutes and didn't see a native Florida plant to be had in that Garden. This is the reason why people plant non-natives because they see stuff like this in Florida but the native plants are what is needed because they don't require as much care or resources
You are so right. I did an updated video since there has been so many changes in the back and took your advice. Plant names and sun or shade comments added.
Super nice! I thought i saw a Tiare plant close to the red ginger close to the patio. wast that a tiare? I was hoping to see you would have some plumerias popping close to the deck. I guess its a matter of taste tho. All in all you did a great job!
Mizraim not sure what a Tiare plant is although I agree on the plumerias I have planted several in hopes they will outlast the squirrel however as soon as they produce the slightest bloom its gone. Its a shame because that is one tree grouping I could see over using :) Thanks for the kind words.
Construction Landscape, LLC so the taste is the Polynesian gardenia. It’s used in coconut oil to make manoi. It a very strong smeller like the plumerias. I don’t have enough kind words for how awesome ur garden looks. It reminds of being back in the Caribbean.
What is the name of that low growing plant to the left of the elephant ear...it has light green dark green and pinks in leave. I could not hear you when you were saying name +porter......???? ; not sure. Love it because of all the colors and easy to take cuttings. Thanks.
You're one of the best tropical garden designers
Thank you so very much!
would enjoy a video when it's time to prune, going through with the scissors. Explaining the thought process, favorite tools, how/when/where to prune, etc., sharing your knowledge.
You are truly the best. I love all your videos.
wow she is soo blessed to have such a pretty and tropical yard all to herself, here in Michigan Detroit we don't get any nice scenery like that and it really affects my mental health
Watching from Kenya. Wow that's awesome. Very beautiful. You are so blessed .
Are you gardener? Looking for gardeners in Kenya
You have one of the most amazing variety of tropical plants I have ever seen on youtube, very beautiful and enjoyable to learn more while watching. thanks!
I loved this video, I am an English girl now living in Miami and this video has helped me tremendously in finding the right plants for this climate. Your tropical garden is beautiful.
Lorraine K, thank you welcome to Florida and so glad this helped!
So relaxing and beautiful!
Thank you! 😊
I live on the Gulf Coast of Florida. I wish you were in my area. I'd have you landscape my front yard. You are the best landscape designer I've seen. Your yard is gorgeous!
i love your plants and waterfall...can you have pond with fish...
Mana Lani, I sure wish I could however to the back of my buffer is another community’s lake and the predators around are ferocious so I doubt I could keep up with keeping the fish safe. Thanks for your compliments!
Construction Landscape I get it! Great job.
Tropical plants are out doors in Florida and in Georgia is indoors.
Fantastic and lovely presentation Friend obrigado friend lovely presentation Friend obrigado friend
Love the lush and soft feel you created. Hi neighbor 👋🏼
I think Oleander is highly toxic to dogs and horses? Sago palms are ☠️ for dogs too, all of the Sago parts apparently. And Brazilian Pepper?. Holy smokes, still learning.
Thank you for believing in nature ❤️❤️
your my space is awesome great plants realy enjoyed this video thanks here in In 46060 zip ....
Thank you Roxanna!
Very. Beautiful
Very beautiful tropical paradise. Love the arrangements, wish I lived in a tropical area.
I love it, the kitty cat added to it 😍
Beautiful yard.
Greetings from Jupiter.
Love gardening here.
Thank you! So many pretty tropicals available within the Jupiter area that’s a great cut off zone for warmer weather, great for colorful leafy plantings.
very beautiful - thank you
Now this a Florida garden, lush and tropical! Very beautiful! I see some people struggle with a vegetable garden in Florida of just dirt, this is so much better.
Like your landscape.. Try putting down Sand on the Grass I had a similar problem and it work... I’m in Texas and just got a new Neighboor that is always walking next to my fence picking his head into my yard! So I cover the fence with a tarp but Now they put a 12ft Trampling so they can keep looking in.. I bought a Leyland Cypress and thinking about building like a half Pergola across the Fence but cover the back part of it and put in close to the fence and then plant some tropical plants I have bird of paradise, olive tree, honey suckle some Elephants ears now growing everywhere.. I need to block his view so I can enjoy my morning coffee and my privacy!!! 😄
Maybe start a conversation with him? He may be trying to get some ideas or just love your landscapem dont be bitter!💞
Nice real nice😎
beautiful well thought landscape
Mana Lani thank you!
Epic yard. Love it. A lot of money in there for sure.
Thank you!
I Gave up on my narrow grass pathways because of the maintenance issues, cutting, controlling where the cuttings went, blowing the debris etc,. so we adapted astro turf with cut lowered edging effects where the mulch beds start and it's quite stunning. We even spread multi colored glitter over the turf to have that added night lighting effect of different colored glistening off of the ground.
Thanks for sharing! That sounds amazing I may do something like that.
Beautiful, very inspiring as we tackle our boring yard and give it a more tropical feel, thank you!
Harpo Morris, Thank you!
Beautiful ... well done!
spearageddon thanks you!
LOve the babbling brook sound and look...I have two Morrocan style fountains in my Guatemalan tropical garden one huge wall with arch and painted tiles the other a star shaped traditional Spanish colonial tiled basin with 4 ft tourquoise bubbler fountain jar. I have shallow areas in my garden too and have used many of the same plants you have.Because my garden is smallish and mostly large center courtyard bricked I intensively planted tropical in diff heights in layers to our walls around our property...the walls are also covered with blooming tropical vines, bougainvillea, thunbnergia which attracts hummingbirds to feed all day. AN older cement fountain I moved to one of those beds and have planted ivy in the top bowls and geraniums in the bottom...my garden is intensely flower filled year round due to the climate.
WOW that sounds amazing I’m sure it’s your sanctuary. Not sure if you are able to post a picture. If so please do i would love to see it!
Just love your yard..I would love it around my pool area..
Thank you, Phyllis, it has been a long process and unfortunately, we lost that big oak in the back. I just posted a second tour of the backyard that shows all the changes. If your pool area has good sun check out my recent video. Hope it helps!
Jennifer.l saw your new post today..lm sorry you lost your big oak tree. I watched your video in a hurry but will be going back to watch it again over and over lm sure.lol.
My back yard was a open area 1/2 acre and it gets a lot of hot sun. And a killer sunset..We just planted mexican fan palms and now l am going to go back and fill in with plants that like the hot Tx sun..Your new video looks amazing..l have never seen anyone landscape like you do..Your yard looks beautiful and should be in a magazine...Thanks for the new post..and all the names of the trees and plants ..l know your weather is alot different then ours is here.plus you get a lot of rain and we dont here so l will have to choose plants that like the heat and not a lot of water...Thanks again..keep putting out great designs..
Nice looking place to relaxed 😎
Love your yard. I live in southwest Texas and am just starting to plant palms and other tropical plants around my deck and pool. Thanks so much for your ideas.
Brilliant patch of garden you have created ........good job im impressed.......all you need is some cycads.......heaps of cycads.
Love your artistic plant selection. Here in Hawaii we have very loud coqui frogs, which requires spraying with citric acid. Do you have similar problems or any solutions to eekp out pests?
Hello Elaine, no that’s one thing we don’t have. We get carried off by mosquitoes and plants can get the typical pests aphids and spider mites I use Up-Star Gold for all the above. Mix it with water and battery sprayer and hit the whole yard in 15 min. Does the trick.
Thanks for sharing. This gave me some ideas for my backyard which really needs some personality!
Toby Santangelo so glad it offered some ideas. Best of luck on your space.
Beautiful garden you had and love all the very healthy plants you had .
Really interesting video, Stay connected! Big Like
Nice landscaping gardens
Very beautiful Garden you have..
Awesome presentation, beautiful backyard. God Bless
Daniel Vaughn 😊 thank you, glad u liked it.
Your video is excellent however it's very hard to hear you and with all the great information you are giving us important to be able to hear.. you're great I wish you could come to Riverview, FL-:))
A true plant artist.
Beautiful plants
Blessed garden
I love your back yard! Thanks for the planting tips, too. You mentioned creating layers with varying heights of plants, so if you have those 5 layers, how close can you plant them?
You both are just lovely 😗💕
Beautiful garden! It was difficult to hear at times and missed the names of some of the plants. Can you list the names on the video please.
Wow ...beautiful
Fantastic
Beautiful
Lovely knowledgeable vidio
Thanks
Hi, I'm from India.
Beautiful Garden
Love your videos. I'm in New Mexico where our tropical options are limited due to weather. We do have about 30 palm trees on our property but the jungly plants won't survive here.
What plant is behind you in the pot?
Just loved seeing all the plants in your garden that I can only keep as houseplants up here in Washington State. Winter time tropical day dreaming. 🌴 🌞 Thanks for the tour ❤
Lush tropical forest looking backyard. :)
Nadia thank you it's my little oasis
Love this, just beautiful.
Enjoyed watching the video. Really inspired me.
Choice Woodward thank you I love to hear that!
Loved your backyard! This is a photographers dream. You should rent it out for weddings, family shots etc.
Be sure and put out snail bait. Especially during the rainy season. The philedendrons and alocasia will get devoured if you dont.
Dan Taylor thank you, looks to be a rainy year coming.
Great inspiration! Awesome video
Beautiful!! Thanks!!
My pleasure, Glad you liked it!
Wow you have 27000 views of this wonderful video and only two hundred and some subscribers what a shame. I envy you the beautiful backyard you have with all those tropical plants. I live in Maryland and I sure don't have plants like that in my backyard
Thank you!
The scene is great and have fun and there are good video clips
Very pretty!
Excellent post. There are hundreds of croton varieties but only a few are available. I have found that they get better color in the full sun, but they can thrive with a little shade. I have seven different crotons so far. You should try Scheffleras. I have four different species including elegantissima, arboricola, alpine jr. and a variegated elegantissima. I am also surprised you don't have ficus.
What a beautiful back yard!
Beautifully designed. Well done.
It's stunning! Well done. I couldn't catch the name of the last clusters of plants you showed. The ones you said they have beautiful 4 colored flowers, that you want to grow at the same height of the deck wall and just need to be trimmed to keep happy. 15:20 video point.
Yes, those are Fiesta Hibiscus love to be trimmed every couple of months and blooms 9-10 months of the year in Florida. Good luck !
@@TrueGardener thank you so much for your response, I will look for them :)
Beautiful! Great ideas. I've started planting around our pool deck, BUT there is so much sun.
Brandy Lee, ugh I know the sun is a tough work around. Not many things love direct sunlight so if there’s room start with a canopy tree or a grouping of dwarf palms and plan to plant under them as they grow. This will give the new plants some protection as they establish. Best of luck to you!
Absolutely love your videos!
Recent move to Ft Myers area, older home w a yard that has nothing beautiful. You give so many ideas.
Your backyard appears shady, can you create video on flowering plants that can handle full sun?
Please and thank you!🌸
Amazing video appreciate very much
I have found that lawns dont do very good with grass in shade try saw palmetto grass St. Augistine a game changer!
We're moving down there and I hope I can utilize your services in Daytona Beach. Thanks.
Gorgeous It would be very helpful if you would run a text line of the names of the plants & trees as u go along. Not the narrative just the names. It’s hard to hear you plainly or catch the names in casual way this is presented. Thank you
Hello Victoria, yes I agree that would make it helpful thank you for the suggestion. I plan on doing a walkthrough tour of a side yard planting I just completed and will be sure to add text for the plant names. Thanks.
So beautiful tres and garden
There are so many plants that would do so well in Central Florida and for some reason WE DONT SEE them being sold at the Home improvement brick and mortar monopolies
True. Over the years I've discovered what's attractive and does well and also fits with the Florida theme, from others. The big stores sell commercial crap that doesn't thrive. I guess they want us coming back.
We are having the same issue, cantfind the plants in stores! Ugh
U have a nice garden!
Would be helpful to know where in Florida you are. I live in North Florida zone 8 - but some of your plants do well in our area. Very beautiful plantings.
0:39 “right here is oleander tree”
*points camera at elephant ear*
very nice
Really nice!
B K thank you I love it everyday
Love the yard there in Vero. Hope to establish the same in Orlando.
Gerard Ward thank you and good luck with the yard!
I watched that Video about two years ago. Can you please give us an update???
Beautiful creation! You gave me some inspiration. Thanks!
How do you keep the grass from growing into the mulch.
Molto bello. 😃😃😃
Complimenti.
What a small beautiful backyard
Where are the pollinator plants for the butterflies?
Is the lawn area there between your back veranda and your garden a flood zone area for water retention during our Florida afternoon monsoonal rains from tropical storms and hurricanes?
i love it ( j'aime beaucoup)
seba quackosse thank you !!
Este es uno de mis videos preferidos, que jardín tan bello, tantos detalles y rinconcitos con sus plantas hermosas, verdaderamente me encanta
I REALLY want to add a water feature to our yard.... and love yours! I would love something like mcKee gardens has..... we live in the same town!
Thank you, I love the sound of water and a backyard feature is so worth it. Give us a call if you’d like a quote on a water feature 772-492-8382
And then she ignores the Christmas palm my fav
Watch five minutes and didn't see a native Florida plant to be had in that Garden. This is the reason why people plant non-natives because they see stuff like this in Florida but the native plants are what is needed because they don't require as much care or resources
my DREAM yard !!!
Thank you Darin Hancock it has truly been a labor of love. Enjoy it everyday.
Beautiful, but I wish you specified plants that can take full sun.
You are so right. I did an updated video since there has been so many changes in the back and took your advice. Plant names and sun or shade comments added.
Thanks for making these videos. Happy New year. Do you provide your services in lakeland FL region?
Do you have any issues with frogs in the water feature? I know they're usually really loud when there's water around.
Your work is great! I would love to work with you all!
Thank you! Please give us a call if we can help.
Super nice! I thought i saw a Tiare plant close to the red ginger close to the patio. wast that a tiare? I was hoping to see you would have some plumerias popping close to the deck. I guess its a matter of taste tho. All in all you did a great job!
Mizraim not sure what a Tiare plant is although I agree on the plumerias I have planted several in hopes they will outlast the squirrel however as soon as they produce the slightest bloom its gone. Its a shame because that is one tree grouping I could see over using :) Thanks for the kind words.
Construction Landscape, LLC so the taste is the Polynesian gardenia. It’s used in coconut oil to make manoi. It a very strong smeller like the plumerias. I don’t have enough kind words for how awesome ur garden looks. It reminds of being back in the Caribbean.
what variety of red ginger was that?
What is the name of that low growing plant to the left of the elephant ear...it has light green dark green and pinks in leave. I could not hear you when you were saying name +porter......???? ; not sure. Love it because of all the colors and easy to take cuttings. Thanks.
Sure thing Carla Henn they are Ti Cordylines and those are the Bolero variety, one of my favorites.
thank you for your quick response.....I'm on a hunt for cordylines....
Orange Mountain yes they are and what a great way to try out several varieties at once.