Why we love it: You see a hibiscus and immediately think: vacation. Valerie Englehart's painterly treatment keeps it from tipping into tacky territory. The blooms have soft, bleeding edges and real brushwork, so the wall reads like art rather than a pattern you have seen in a hotel lobby. The blooms are scaled way up so your room can read tropical from the doorway.

Why we love it: This one is an instant conversation starter. Pink Papayas is a modern, graphic and maximalist take on tropical wallpaper. Jenna Hang drew this one after living in Southeast Asia, and it shows in the details: sliced fruit, seeds and leaves all rendered by hand. The punchy pink backdrop can instantly transport you from your home to a tropical island.

Why we love it: For anyone who wants island energy without a single palm frond. Bali is a large-scale abstract with a loosely chinoiserie spirit. Fluid and full of movement, it works as a genuine neutral. This is the print for the person who says they do not go bold, and then ends up wallpapering three more rooms. Consider it your gateway drug into the world of tropical wallpaper.

Colorways: Beige, Powder Blue

Why we love it: Bird of paradise is the most architectural plant in the tropics. With all of its sharp angles and impossible color, this print leans into the tropical energy. The blooms are big, the stems are graphic and the whole thing has a botanical-illustration quality, like something pulled from an old field guide. (And then dialed up several notches.) Gorgeous behind a bed, and even better on a ceiling.

Why we love it: This is the one that proves tropical does not have to stop at foliage. Tropical Huts puts actual architecture on your wall: thatched roofs and stilted structures scattered across the pattern. It tells a story instead of just filling space. Prints with a narrative are the ones that stay interesting year after year.

Colorways: Red, Green, Orange, Pink

Why we love it: The banana leaf is the original. Tropical wallpaper has been the signature of great hotels since the 1940s, and the most famous version of it still hangs in the Beverly Hills Hotel today. Banana Plants is our take, and the difference is in the hand: the leaves are drawn rather than photographed, with visible linework and irregular edges that keep it from going flat. That is the detail that separates a banana leaf print that looks current from one that looks like it came with the condo.

Colorways: Green, Pink, Orange

Why we love it: A sandy pink background, towering palms and a Southern California sun, this print has that golden hour quality where everything gets more picturesque. If your house runs warm and earthy already, this is the tropical print that will match it. From the Capsule Collectionby Studio Periwink.

Colorways: Pink, Sage

Why we love it: Modern, graphic and a little bit Miami. Balmy Palms takes the palm silhouette and flattens it into something closer to a poster than a botanical study, which is precisely why it works. The scale is confident, the shapes are clean and it pairs beautifully with brass, terrazzo and anything vaguely art deco. This is the print for people who want the tropical aesthetic to feel designed rather than dreamy.

Why we love it: Bali Rice Fields in maroon is the print that breaks the rule everyone assumes about tropical wallpaper, which is that it has to be green. Terraced fields, layered greenery and a deep, moody wine-colored ground that makes the whole thing feel like evening instead of noon. It is the most surprising print on this list and the one most likely to make a guest stop mid-sentence.

Colorways: Maroon, Pink, Teal, Tan

Why we love it: Mid-century modern, but make it funky! Subhashini Narayanan uses a fantastical color palette to bring you the essence of Palm Springs. This is the print for anyone who loves mid-century motifs with tons of personality.

Why we love it: Light, airy and undeniably tropical. Manila is the print for rooms that already get good light and do not need more drama, just more interest. The motifs have enough linework to hold up close, and the white ground bounces light around a small room instead of absorbing it. If you have a tiny bathroom with one window and big ambitions, start here.

Why we love it: We have to wrap up our list with a bang. Lush Tropicalis dense, layered and unapologetically maximalist. This is jungle rather than beach: overlapping fronds, deep saturated color without an inch for negative space to hide in. Put it in a powder room and let Frida Kahlo's cameo be the most memorable thirty seconds of anyone's visit. Go big or go home – and in this case, you're doing both!

Colorways: Green, Red