You Can't Just Grow Any Flowers in the Living Room: These 5 Beautiful Bloomers Bring Wealth and Good Fortune
As living standards rise, more and more people are growing flowers these days. Keeping a few plants at home beautifies your indoor environment and purifies the indoor air. Most importantly, growing flowers also cultivates the mind and adds joy to life. This, I believe, is the original reason many flower lovers start growing plants. There is actually an art to growing flowers at home. Home decor pays attention to feng shui, and flower growing, as a branch of it, naturally has to be taken into account too.
When it comes to feng shui and flowers, you can't believe it completely, but you can't dismiss it entirely either. Growing flowers at home involves several spots: the living room, bedroom, study, bathroom and balcony. Today we'll focus on the dos and don'ts of growing flowers in the living room, and which potted flowers are actually suitable. If you're interested, save this first.
1. Clivia (Clivia miniata), symbolising nobility and elegance, is suitable to grow
Source: Clivia Tieba, flower lover: Song Xiaoting Guoguo
Clivia is grown by many flower lovers, I'm sure. This plant has a long lifespan and a long flowering period, and it puts out a flower spike and blooms beautifully every year. It symbolises nobility and elegance.
Clivia care:
The best temperature for Clivia growth is between 18-28°C. When caring for it, keep the soil moist, and remember not to overwater, let it dry out completely, or water too often. It likes deep, fertile, loose soil, and grows best in loose, fertile, slightly acidic organic soil. Note that because Clivia has fleshy roots and grows fairly quickly, it's best to repot it with fresh soil once every spring.
2. Kalanchoe (Kalanchoe blossfeldiana), symbolising fortune and longevity, is suitable to grow
Kalanchoe has dense, emerald-green leaves that cluster into mounds, and its flower colours are rich and varied. It is one of the fastest-growing potted flowers on the international flower market. Kalanchoe is relatively easy to grow, and because it blooms abundantly and brightly, it has long been a favourite among flower lovers. Every year around Christmas, the flower market is dominated by kalanchoes of every kind.
Kalanchoe care:
Kalanchoe is not cold-hardy. Its ideal growing temperature is 15-25°C; above 30°C growth is inhibited, and in winter below 5°C the leaves turn red and flowering is delayed. It is not fussy about soil, but fertile sandy loam is best. As for propagation, leaf cuttings work well. Cut a plump, healthy leaf off at the petiole, let the cut dry slightly, then insert it at an angle or lay it flat on a bed of sand and keep it moist. After about 10-15 days it will root from the base of the leaf and grow into a new plant.
3. Wax begonia (Begonia semperflorens), symbolising a thriving life and a happy mood
Begonias are fairly easy flowers to grow. Their flowering period is extremely long, and with proper care they can basically bloom all year round.
Wax begonia care:
Wax begonia likes warmth, a slightly shady and humid environment, and moist soil, but it fears heat and waterlogging. In summer, shade it and ensure good ventilation and drainage. Also, place it somewhere with indirect light and good air circulation, and open the windows at night to let the air move.
4. Lucky bamboo (Dracaena sanderiana), symbolising great wealth and high status, and easy to grow
Lucky bamboo can be grown in water or in soil, though in everyday life it's more often grown in water, mainly because it's clean and easy. Placing lucky bamboo on the coffee table or on either side of the TV cabinet is a common practice among many flower lovers. And these two spots are very suitable in feng shui terms too. Both suggest a longing for a good life.
There's not much to say about lucky bamboo care. Normally you don't need to change the water, just top it up. If you notice yellowing leaves, promptly add a little monopotassium phosphate to the vase. Also, some people ask how many stalks of lucky bamboo to grow. There's actually no standard answer, but in feng shui, growing four stalks is considered best for wealth.
5. Spider plant (Chlorophytum comosum), known as a natural air purifier and the best foliage plant for the living room
The spider plant has an outstanding purifying ability. It can photosynthesise in dim light and can absorb more than 80% of harmful gases indoors. At the same time it can absorb almost all the carbon monoxide and nitrogen peroxide given off by appliances and plastic products, and it can also break down relatively stable harmful substances such as benzene and nicotine.
Spider plant care:
The spider plant grows fastest at 20-24°C, and readily sends out runners. It is highly adaptable, fairly drought-tolerant and not fussy about soil; it grows best in well-drained, loose, fertile sandy soil. Also, the spider plant is not particular about light, and under indirect light it is more likely to grow rampantly and bloom.
That's all for today's tips on growing flowers in the living room. Thanks for reading!
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