Feng shui plants with good meanings: these are suitable to grow at home
In the Five Elements theory of traditional feng shui, green plants belong to Wood, but Professor Li Dexiong found through years of research that plants are extremely rich and all-encompassing in variety, and in fact they also have Five Elements classifications, producing different regulating and therapeutic effects on human health. He said that the Five Elements classification of plants is very specialized. People who are not familiar with plants can, on the one hand, judge by the color of their reproductive organ - the flower: white belongs to Metal, green belongs to Wood, blue belongs to Water, red belongs to Fire, and yellow belongs to Earth; on the other hand, they can also distinguish them according to the characteristics of the plants, such as hot belongs to Fire, warm belongs to Earth, cool belongs to Water, and dry belongs to Metal, etc.
Do you know which plants, when grown beside a residence, can bring good meanings?
Bamboo
Bamboo is a symbol of elegance and refinement, fearing no wind from the east, south, west, or north, and can even become a feng shui protective forest for a residence. It is suitable for planting on the left and right sides and behind the residence, and is most taboo to plant in front of the main gate.
Money Tree
Feng shui meaning: attracting wealth and treasures, and prosperous business
As its name suggests, when opening a business or moving house, people place a pot of Money Tree at home, in a shop, or in a company, implying prosperous business and abundant wealth.
Snake Plant
Feng shui meaning: generating wealth and boosting wealth
The Snake Plant belongs to Wood, stays evergreen through the four seasons, is full of greenery, and is full of vitality. It is suitable for placement in the living room, balcony, office, or a wealth position to increase the home's wealth energy, generate and boost wealth, attract wealth and gather treasures. It can also protect against radiation and absorb toxic gases and dust, keeping you in a healthy environment at all times.
Osmanthus Tree
Legend says there is an osmanthus tree in the moon, and osmanthus is also known as muxi. Osmanthus branches can be used as medicine, with the functions of dispelling wind-pathogens and harmonizing. Planting it at the entrance of a residence brings an air of wealth and nobility to the family, and later generations will produce outstanding children.
Monstera
Feng shui meaning: adding fortune and prosperity, and prolonging life
In feng shui, there is a saying that in the north, the land of Rengui Water, Monstera is used as the Dark Warrior. Placing it at the entrance of a study has the effect of gaining promotion and adding fortune and prosperity; placing it in the bedroom of an elder in the home helps the elder's longevity. In addition, Monstera has broad leaves and is evergreen year-round. Its unique leaf shape can bring vitality to the entire room, improve people's mood, and make them become positive and optimistic.
Finger Citron
Feng shui meaning: warding off disasters and praying for auspiciousness
Because the Finger Citron has a unique form, it is quite worth admiring as an imitation; and its name also refers to the "hand of Buddha," so displaying it can ward off disasters and pray for auspiciousness.
Dendrobium Orchid
Feng shui meaning: happiness, good fortune, and auspiciousness
In recent years, potted Dendrobium Orchids have appeared in increasing numbers at Spring Festival flower markets. They are high-grade potted flowers and very popular. Dendrobium Orchids are suitable for potting alone or in mixtures using substrates such as moss, fern roots, bark chunks, charcoal, and gravel. Flowering plants can decorate windowsills, living rooms, studies, bedrooms, and other places.
Dragon Bone
Feng shui meaning: warding off evil and blocking misfortune
Place Dragon Bone on the balcony or at the main entrance to ward off evil and block inauspicious energy. For newly renovated homes and buildings between office buildings, Dragon Bone is also a very good air-purifying plant, with a strong adsorption effect on formaldehyde, benzene, radon, ammonia, and TVOC.
Podocarpus
Feng shui meaning: evergreen for ten thousand years, smooth career, peace and auspiciousness
Podocarpus can be made into different potted forms and placed on both sides of a conference hall or hotel lobby, all of which are excellent scenery. Moreover, the meaning is very good. Some people also choose a pot of Podocarpus bonsai for their study or balcony, bringing themselves a lively atmosphere and tireless fighting spirit.
Phalaenopsis
Feng shui meaning: great fortune, healthy growth
It is named for its flower posture like dancing butterflies. Its flower language is "I love you," symbolizing nobility and elegance, giving people a feeling of masculine uprightness, and it has long been known as the "Queen of Orchids."
Dragon Blood Tree
Feng shui meaning: positive and healthy
The Dragon Blood Tree has an upright tree posture and stays evergreen through the four seasons, giving people a kind of positive upward energy. It can also increase the positive energy of Fire, and has a very good regulating effect on people who lack courage and confidence in life. The Dragon Blood Tree has strong adaptability to light. It can be displayed continuously for 2-4 weeks in a dark room, and can be placed long-term in a bright room.
ZZ Plant
Feng shui meaning: attracting wealth and treasures, glory and prosperity
The newly emerging pinnate compound leaves of the ZZ Plant have the alternative name "dragon-phoenix wood," which is very peculiar. A ZZ Plant with thicker, larger, and greener leaves is better. It is not only beneficial for beautifying the home, but can also delight the mood. If several plants are planted together in an exquisite blue-and-white porcelain pot, it will give people a feeling of vigorous upward growth and lush greenery. It is most suitable for placement on an office desk or balcony.
Cactus Ball
Feng shui meaning: guarding against petty people, turning auspiciousness and transforming misfortune, attracting wealth and changing luck
The Cactus Ball is covered in spines. At night it absorbs carbon dioxide and releases oxygen, and can purify the air. It is very easy to keep alive and easy to propagate, and has always been considered an auspicious plant. It can be placed in front of a computer or on a windowsill or balcony, but is not suitable for placement in the bedroom.
Chinese Evergreen
Feng shui meaning: everything goes as wished, evergreen through ten thousand generations
Chinese Evergreen is a Yin-type plant. It is not suitable for placement in places with sufficient sunlight, where it is not easy to keep alive. It is suitable for placement in places at home with insufficient light, and can help the home's feng shui.
Lucky Bamboo
Feng shui meaning: blooming wealth and honor, great good fortune
Lucky Bamboo is also known as "fortune-turning bamboo." Its stem nodes look like bamboo nodes but it is not bamboo. China has the congratulatory phrase "flowers bloom in wealth and honor, bamboo reports peace," so it is loved by people. Lucky Bamboo is easy to cultivate and symbolizes "great good fortune." Placing Lucky Bamboo near a door, in a stairwell, in the kitchen or bathroom, on an office desk, and other places can all dissolve misfortune and bring good fortune and luck.
Areca Palm
Feng shui meaning: attracting wealth
The Areca Palm has large, lush leaves and an elegant form, and its pollution-resistance function is outstanding, giving it a rich natural feel. It can be placed in a bright room for 4-6 weeks for long-term viewing; in a dark room it can be placed for 1-2 months. It is one of the most popular high-grade ornamental plants.
Because of its beautiful plant shape and shade-tolerant characteristics, it is mostly used for courtyard planting, and is often grown in living rooms, dining rooms, conference rooms, studies, balconies, and other places.
Bamboo Palm
Feng shui meaning: generating prosperity and attracting wealth, health and well-being
Bamboo Palm is generally maintained in water culture. It is said that keeping a pot of Bamboo Palm at home can make family members healthier. The name Bamboo Palm is also something people gave it so that it can protect the family like Guanyin. Bamboo Palm is suitable for placement at the entrance, and must absolutely not be placed in the bathroom or kitchen.
Radermachera
Feng shui meaning: happiness and completeness
The leaves of Radermachera are very lush, green, and full of vitality. In particular, large Radermachera plants can be placed as prosperity-generating plants in the living room, study, or balcony, and can have a calming and quieting effect.
Pingan Tree
Feng shui meaning: health and peace
As the saying goes, "Better peace and safety than ten thousand strings of cash." The Pingan Tree is an evergreen plant that can change the indoor airflow, increase the indoor vitality, and let people feel a warm breath of life. At the same time, the Pingan Tree can eliminate indoor odors, bringing health and peace to people.
For home maintenance, the Pingan Tree can be placed in places with better air circulation and relatively empty space, such as the living room and balcony; if it dies, it should be promptly removed from the room.
Alocasia
Feng shui meaning: attracting wealth and generating prosperity
In home feng shui, plants with pointed leaves should not be placed; red ribbons need to be tied on them to make up for their wealth-breaking effect. Plants placed at home are still better with round leaves. The Alocasia, with its huge, beautiful leaves and year-round green color, is relatively suitable. Because the Alocasia belongs to the type of plant that does not leak wealth, placing it in the wealth position at home will have a very good wealth-attracting effect.
Asparagus Fern
Feng shui meaning: friendship and love always stay fresh
Asparagus Fern is also known as cloud-slice pine, thorny asparagus, and cloud bamboo. It is a perennial evergreen vine foliage plant, with the meaning of elegant bamboo. In fact, it is not bamboo; it is only because its leaves are soft and it is evergreen year-round that it implies friendship and love always stay fresh. People often give Asparagus Fern to each other to imply lasting friendship and happiness after marriage.
Placing Asparagus Fern beside a television is beneficial to health; placing it in front of a door is beneficial to the host's popularity; placing it in a study is beneficial to reading and work. The four treasures of the study - brush, ink, paper, and inkstone - paired with "elegant bamboo" make the study even more full of a refined scholarly atmosphere. When planting bamboo, it is best to use a vase; otherwise, aside from planting bamboo, a large vase can be placed nearby to achieve the truly fitting "bamboo reports peace."
Anthurium
Feng shui meaning: attracting wealth, confidence
Anthurium leaves are broad and thick, the flower color is brilliant, and the inflorescence color is golden yellow, carrying a meaning of wealth and honor. The fiery red flower at the top symbolizes great fortune, while the golden vertical flower spike in the middle symbolizes money, carrying the meaning of attracting wealth. Red is a traditional auspicious color in ancient China, so it can be used in places holding celebratory events, such as a new store opening, symbolizing prosperity in career, bringing good luck, and filling people with enthusiasm and confidence for life.
Kalanchoe
Feng shui meaning: health and longevity, fortune and well-being
Kalanchoe has a compact plant shape, is small and exquisite, with green leaves and fine, densely clustered flowers. The ornamental period of the whole plant can last as long as 2 months, making it a flower very suitable for home potting. When in bloom, combining varieties of different flower colors together gives even greater ornamental value. Flowering plants can be placed on various tabletop surfaces, desks, flower stands, or coffee tables in halls and rooms. Especially for families with elderly people, keeping a pot of Kalanchoe is even more suitable.
Begonia
Feng shui meaning: jade hall wealth and honor
In ancient Chinese royal gardens, Begonia was often seen planted, implying jade hall wealth and honor, a strong country, and a peaceful people. Begonia is simple to maintain and has few pests and diseases, making it a relatively suitable small tree for keeping at home. Begonia has no fragrance and can also remove harmful impurities from the air, making it especially suitable for placement in the bedroom.
Pennywort
Feng shui meaning: rolling in wealth
Pennywort has round leaves, like mini lotus leaves, quite cute, and like ancient copper coins, implying reunion and good luck again and again. Moreover, its name carries the two characters "copper" and "coin," so its meaning is naturally different: a home with copper coins has rolling wealth, so it is regarded as a symbol of wealth. In warm regions it can be potted outdoors, and it is suitable for water trays, aquariums, ponds, wetlands, and indoor water greening. It can purify water quality, and the green leaves of Pennywort can purify indoor air.
Clivia
Feng shui meaning: family harmony, continuous good events
Plant feng shui believes that the atmosphere at home affects the growth and flowering of Clivia. The more harmonious and prosperous the family, the more beautifully and brilliantly the Clivia blooms. If the family is not harmonious, then the Clivia at home will become unwilling to bloom. Even more amazingly, if a happy event at home is approaching, the Clivia will bloom early to "report the good news."
Chrysanthemum
Feng shui meaning: prolonging life, increasing blessings
Chrysanthemums bloom in autumn when a million other plants have withered, possessing tenacious vitality, and helping to stabilize the aura and magnetic field. Note: longevity chrysanthemums and large cosmos are both suitable for placement at home, but attention should be paid to sunlight exposure, and pest problems should also be watched for.
Kumquat
Feng shui meaning: attracting wealth and treasures
The golden, clear appearance of the kumquat carries the meaning of gold, silver, and treasures, and is quite helpful for increasing wealth. Note: do not pull the kumquats off, and dead branches and fallen leaves should be cleaned up frequently. It can be placed on the balcony and in the living room. If the light is too weak, it is not good for the growth of the kumquat.
Orchid
Feng shui meaning: light and elegant, gathering popularity
In traditional culture, orchids have always been used as a metaphor for a gentleman, indifferent to fame and wealth while clear in purpose, light and elegant. Such people are undoubtedly loved by others. Keeping a pot of orchids at home can better expand your interpersonal relationships. Orchids are especially suitable for placement in the office.