What are some of the uglier varieties of flowers and plants? What are the most powerful plants for guarding the home and warding off evil?
Everyone is surely very familiar with the story of the ugly duckling turning into a swan. It turns out that such flowers and plants also exist in the plant world. At first, when buying them, you might dislike how ugly they look, but once you actually care for them, even a feng shui master will give you a thumbs up, because every one of them carries excellent auspicious meaning. Keep two or three pots to protect the home and bring good fortune, attract wealth and blessings. The more you grow them, the more auspicious they become, and the more you grow them, the more you like them!
Bottle Palm
Bottle Palm is called Elephant Foot Tree by some flower shop owners. Its plant form is tall and upright, and its stem is as thick as a large wine bottle. At first glance it looks a little rustic, but it turns out to be one of the plants most favored by feng shui masters. It symbolizes guarding the home, promoting family health, and improving wealth, among other feng shui effects. In addition, it can absorb harmful substances such as formaldehyde, benzene, and trichloroethylene, which is very beneficial to human health.
Care knowledge: Its growing temperature is between 16 and 28 degrees. It likes places with good light and can also tolerate partial shade. It likes moist soil, but it can also tolerate a certain degree of drought and cold, so it is quite easy for beginner flower lovers to handle. In April, in spring like now, it can be placed in a place with sunlight and good ventilation, and when watering, just keep the potting soil slightly moist.
Dragon Bone Flower
Dragon Bone Flower can be considered one of the popular plants in recent years. In appearance, the plant is triangular, and the leaves look like fish scales. It is a large plant type and overall gives people a majestic aura. Although its appearance may make people feel it is ugly, in feng shui it symbolizes gathering qi and generating prosperity, transforming sha and warding off evil, guarding the home and bringing wealth, among other feng shui effects. In addition, evergreen plants also have the effect of absorbing harmful substances in the air such as formaldehyde, carbon dioxide, and benzene.
Care knowledge: Its root system is relatively thick, so it can store more water and tolerate drought. For daily watering, just water when the soil is dry and stop when it is wet. The suitable growing temperature is 15 to 35 degrees. In terms of fertilizer, it is not tolerant of concentrated fertilizer. It is recommended to use a fertilizer with relatively high nitrogen content about once every half month.
Dragon Blood Tree
Dragon Blood Tree has slender leaves and tender, vivid color. The leaves feel slightly rubbery to the touch and have a two-tone emerald green appearance. Overall it looks like an elegant and noble plant, and in the living room it can elevate the taste of the space. In feng shui, it has a relatively long lifespan and symbolizes wealth and longevity, many children and blessings, and rising step by step. It also carries feng shui meanings such as guarding the home and improving fortune, prospering the family line, and enhancing the owner's luck. In addition, its branches and leaves also have effects such as promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, reducing swelling and relieving pain, and astringing to stop bleeding. Keeping it at home can both bring good luck and protect the home.
Care knowledge: Just place it in a bright place or one with scattered light, with no need for shading. For daily watering, it does not need too much. You can frequently spray water to keep the leaves clean and glossy. For fertilization, use a nitrogen-phosphorus-potassium controlled-release fertilizer, and it will grow fuller and fuller.