Feng shui guidelines for growing flowers and plants at home, and what you need to know about keeping them

The feng shui of flowers and plants at home

Growing plants can purify the air in the home and keep the air fresh, but many people today do not know that there is a great deal of care involved in growing plants at home, so let us now take you through which good feng shui plants can help you turn your luck around.

The feng shui of flowers and plants at home

The feng shui of flowers and plants at home

1. According to feng shui experts, flowers and plants must not be planted carelessly, especially indoors, as there are many considerations when growing plants. Since plants also fall into the five elements, plants grown in the living room should be chosen according to the different directions the main door faces, so as to increase the living room's positive energy field, strengthen the family's fortune and wealth, and benefit health.

2. A living room whose main door faces west must be bright. West belongs to metal, so potted plants belonging to metal and earth should be used, such as metal-element golden-edged snake plant, golden-centred spider plant, and golden lily bamboo, and earth-element golden-centred Brazilian iron tree, among others. These can increase metal's positive energy and are beneficial to the health of the family's respiratory tract, lungs and spleen.

3. For a living room in a home whose main door faces south, south belongs to fire, so plants belonging to fire and wood are suitable, such as dragon's blood tree, red iron, colourful iron, and horsetail iron, to increase fire's positive energy. This is beneficial for regulating the health of the heart and stomach and intestines, and also helps adjust negative personality traits in some people in the household, such as being introverted and timid, melancholy, and lacking courage and confidence in life.

4. For a living room whose main door faces north, north belongs to water, so plants belonging to metal and water are suitable, such as ponytail palm and Hawaiian coconut, which can promote the health of the kidneys and lungs.

The feng shui of flowers and plants at home

Feng shui points to note when growing flowers and plants

1. Plants are divided into five major categories: metal, wood, water, fire and earth. Plant the appropriate plants according to the home environment and one's personal feng shui situation.

2. Metal: yellow-toned flowers, which must be paired with metal flower vessels and accessories. Among these, money tree, ten-thousand-tael gold, money plant, narcissus and yellow tangerine are the most recommended.

3. Wood: all green plants belong to this category, and seed plants should be chosen, symbolising the meaning of "prospering". Such as the emerald small potted plant and podocarpus (Japanese moye).

4. Water: represented by hydroponically grown plants, paired with blue or transparent glass flower vessels, such as lucky bamboo and evergreen.

5. Fire: plants that bloom or bear fruit, with red flowers and flower vessels chosen, such as anthurium, phalaenopsis and impatiens, all very suitable.

6. Earth: shade-tolerant indoor plants, which should use black flower vessels or flower vessels inlaid with gemstones, such as emerald and cactus, all of which can be planted.