What are the ten unlucky flowers? A rundown of flowers with bad meanings

Nowadays, many people like to keep some flowers and plants at home; they not only decorate the home and purify the air, but also help relieve fatigue. But when choosing plants you cannot go by looks alone, because some flowers are unlucky in feng shui, and although there is no scientific basis for this, it is still best to know about them. Here we share the ten unluckiest flowers with everyone.

1. Azalea

As the saying goes, the cuckoo cries blood; legend has it that the azalea is a flower stained with blood, so it is also unlucky in feng shui, easily inviting bad luck and causing people to encounter unfortunate things. In addition, the sap of the azalea is toxic, and if eaten by mistake it can cause numbness in the limbs, vomiting and other symptoms of poisoning, harming people's health.

2. Red spider lily

The red spider lily generally blooms beside graves, so some people also consider it a ghost flower, the flower of the underworld. This naturally makes it a very unlucky flower in feng shui as well; in terms of color, its blood-red hue is shocking to the eye and easily affects people's moods.

3. Hibiscus

There is a folk legend that the hibiscus brings bad luck and makes everything go wrong. This is because "fúsāng" (hibiscus) sounds like "fúsāng" (mourning), carrying the meaning of death, which is very unlucky.

4. Lily

The lily symbolizes purity and beauty, and it is a flower many people like. However, the whole lily plant is toxic, and eating it by mistake can cause vomiting, diarrhea and irregular heartbeat. So it is best not to keep it at home.

5. Tulip

The tulip is a very beautiful bulbous flower and also an excellent cut-flower variety, much loved by people. But its flowers contain a large amount of toxic alkaloids; staying beside blooming tulips for 2 hours will make you feel dizzy and muddle-headed, and in serious cases it can even cause hair loss.

6. Plum blossom

The name of the plum blossom sounds the same as "" (mold, bad luck), so it is said to gather bad luck and thus turn good feng shui bad.

7. Epiphyllum

As in the saying "a fleeting glimpse of the epiphyllum," older generations consider the epiphyllum an unlucky flower; it cannot keep beautiful things for long, so it is a flower that finds it hard to retain good fortune.

8. Chrysanthemum

Many people say chrysanthemums are not suitable for growing at home, especially yellow and white ones; these two colors of chrysanthemum carry a meaning of mourning and are often used to express remembrance of the deceased.

9. Chami (tumi)

The chami flower often blooms at the end of the flowering season, so when we see the chami blooming, it means beautiful things are about to pass; keeping it at home is therefore not very auspicious.

10. Lotus

Although the lotus is beautiful, it is not suitable for keeping at home, because the lotus root and plant are relatively large; and the bowl lotus that can be grown indoors is also very unlucky because "wǎnlián" (bowl lotus) sounds the same as "" (funeral couplet).



These unlucky flowers all originally have very good ornamental value, but in feng shui they are associated with different disasters and misfortunes. Or they are themselves quite toxic and can accidentally endanger health, so it is best not to keep these unlucky flowers at home.

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