Spiky plants are easy to propagate by cuttings, growing to 2 m tall in half a year, and keeping one indoors can ward off evil spirits

Potted flowers, as part of home life, naturally cannot ignore the issue of home feng shui. If you carefully observe the people around you, you will notice an interesting phenomenon: the wealthier people are, the more they pay attention to feng shui. As a branch of home decor, flower-growing feng shui may not be entirely believable, but it is not something to dismiss either. Many flower lovers like to grow lucky bamboo, money trees and ZZ plants, and I believe they are drawn to their symbolic meanings! Besides these common "symbolic flowers," there is another kind of flower that perhaps quite a few people have overlooked. It is covered in thorns and looks like a cactus, but it is actually a succulent in the genus Euphorbia of the family Euphorbiaceae, and it shares something with the night-blooming cereus: both bloom at night. Having said that, can you think of which flower it is?

Dragon bone flower (Euphorbia lactea), a flowering plant covered in thorns with a beautiful symbolic meaning

Some flower lovers may question this: look at lucky bamboo and money trees, their names all carry auspicious words. What symbolic meaning the dragon bone flower has is really unknown. In fact, in the feng shui rules of flower growing, any plant with thorns can "dissolve negative energy," which is what people commonly call "warding off evil spirits." Some bad luck in the home will vanish the moment it meets the thorny dragon bone flower. That is why some wealthy households generally place a pot of dragon bone flower in the living room. Although the dragon bone flower has thorns, its stems and leaves are green, so its ornamental value is not low either, and if grown well, it can bloom.

Is the potted dragon bone plant easy to grow?

Let me put it this way: caring for the dragon bone flower is much like growing snake plants. Even propagation is almost the same. With the dragon bone flower, you can simply cut off a small branch and stick it directly into a flower pot, and it will root in a week. With proper care and a suitable environment, it can shoot up to 2 m tall in half a year! To grow a potted dragon bone plant well, the prerequisite is understanding some of its basic growth habits. For example, it likes places with plenty of sunlight; only with enough light will photosynthesis be helped, and only then will it synthesize chlorophyll so its leaves stay green all year round. When it comes to watering, there is no need to be too diligent, as it is somewhat drought-tolerant, so watering once a week is enough. As for fertilizing, every two months you can apply some thin organic cake fertilizer or a compound fertilizer.

What taboos are there for placing the dragon bone flower?

This potted plant is best placed in the southeast corner of the living room, or on a balcony directly facing the door, because it carries the symbolic meaning of warding off evil spirits, so it can be placed at the wealth position and passageways of the living room. This way it can also block bad luck. If at the same time you grow one or two pots of wealth-attracting flowers such as money trees or copper grass in the living room, that would be even better. In fact, with flower-growing feng shui, there is no need to care too much, and do not suddenly grow too many in the living room at once, as the whole house will feel gloomy, and the transpiration of the plants will also be stronger, making the indoor humidity somewhat higher. When growing flowers, just follow your heart.

That is all for the knowledge about the dragon bone flower. If you want to see all kinds of flower care tips every day, flower lovers are welcome to follow Potted Plant Little Inn. In addition, if you have any questions about growing flowers, you can also leave a comment below, and I will answer them one by one!

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