Feng shui indoor plants

Anjie Cho

Anjie Cho is a certified feng shui consultant, professional architect, and author with over 20 years of experience designing spaces. She co-founded the Mindful Design Feng Shui School and wrote "Holistic Spaces: 108 Ways to Create a Mindful and Peaceful Home. "

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Updated on 09/15/22

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Besides improving the aesthetics of a space, plants invite the energy of nature into your home or office. And according to feng shui principles, houseplants can be nourishing for your personal energy. But when it comes to the best plants for good feng shui energy, there are certain guidelines to follow.

Plants and Feng Shui

Decorating with living houseplants strengthens the energy of one particular feng shui element: wood. The wood element brings vital energy of growth and action into your space. It can also inspire compassion, kindness, and flexibility. Moreover, the color green—the shade of many plants—is associated with rejuvenation.

There aren't necessarily good and bad feng shui plants. After all, the key to feng shui is to see the interconnection between dualities. That said, some plants are more commonly recommended for feng shui applications, along with plants that can be challenging to use to bring in good energy.  

Plants and the Bagua

A simple way to use plants for feng shui applications is to locate them in specific bagua areas. The bagua is the feng shui energy map of your space, with each area being connected to an aspect of your life. 

Here’s a quick overview of all the nine bagua areas and how a houseplant can improve the energy of that space.

• Family (Zhen): Houseplants in this bagua area can promote growth and support in your family life. Plants also can help spark the energy to get things moving if you’re feeling stuck in general.
• Wealth (Xun): The wealth area can benefit from a plant if you want to grow in abundance and attract more prosperity.
• Health (Tai Qi): If your wellbeing needs some extra support, a plant in the center area of your home can encourage restoration in all aspects of your life.
• Helpful People (Qian): Sometimes it’s hard to ask for help. A plant in the helpful people area can activate energies to invite support when and where you need it most.
• Children (Dui): Plants in the children area can encourage growth for any offspring or projects. If you have trouble finishing things, this is also a good area to add a plant.
• Knowledge (Gen): Houseplants in the knowledge area can support expansion of self-knowledge and self-cultivation. 
• Fame and Reputation (Li): If you need to be seen and recognized, the wood element of a plant can fuel the fire element in your fame area and increase your visibility in the world.
• Career (Kan): Plants in the career area can encourage growth and expansion in your occupation. They can also provide a boost to your wisdom.
• Partnership (Kun): Plants in the partnership area are a good idea to cultivate kindness and flexibility in relationships.

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Challenging Feng Shui Plants

In feng shui, there’s a concept of sha qi, or sharp energy. This is when attacking energy, often from sharp objects, is directed at your body, draining you of your personal energy. Thus, it's best to avoid pointy and spiky plants, such as a cactus, if you want to promote good feng shui energy.

Furthermore, a dying and neglected plant also can cultivate draining energy. So before bringing any plants into your space, make sure you have the right environment (and the time) to keep them healthy. Also, remove any browning portions of a plant promptly.

Finally, using fake plants to promote good feng shui energy can be a bit tricky. You must find high-quality fake plants to receive any benefits. They should look so realistic that you have to touch them to confirm they are fake.

The Best Feng Shui Plants

In general, most plants are great for feng shui, as long as you care for them well. Plants with soft and rounded leaves are typically best, as they promote a gentle, nourishing energy. 

Here are some of the best plants to include in your home when planning feng shui.

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  The areca palm can grow larger than many other houseplants, and it has lovely, fan-like leaves. It needs bright, indirect light.

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  Boston ferns are easy to care for indoors, as long as you have enough light. The petite versions are perfect for small spaces and hanging. 

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  Also known as the snake plant, mother-in-law's tongue is a great plant for beginners. Although it might appear sharp, it also has a quality of protective energy. 

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  Also referred to as a money plant, the jade succulent features many rounded leaves. This gives the plant a soft, lush appearance.

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  Bamboo represents growth and adaptability. In feng shui use, the number of stalks has a symbolic meaning. For instance, two stalks are supposed to nourish areas of your life associated with love, and three stalks nourish your happiness.

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  The golden pothos is easy to care for and propagate. It grows lush, trailing vines with heart-shaped leaves.

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Flowers are plants that constantly bring joy and aesthetic pleasure to a person. They are able not only to lift our mood, but also to improve the energy of a person and the room in which they grow. Any dwelling without the presence of indoor plants seems unfriendly and cold to us. Flowers, like all plants, purify the air we breathe and fill our home with vital energy.

Green, the predominant color of plants and flowers, is one of the most natural and natural. Being in close proximity to flowers and plants, we get a charge of positive energy, we feel how our mood changes. Fatigue, irritability goes away - we calm down. The plant pleases each of us with its greenery, blooming flower buds.

Flowers remind us of ourselves - they also appear in the world, grow, bloom, get sick and die. This is the life cycle in miniature.

According to Feng Shui, flowers in the house carry a certain energy that has a direct effect on a person. The correct selection of plants and their location in your home can harmonize the energy of your home and the energy of a person.

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— When choosing indoor flowers, consider the size and shape of the plant, and in flowering plants, their color.

- According to Feng Shui, flowers should be kept in the house that grow and stretch upwards. It is believed that flowers stretching upwards activate positive energy, and plants with drooping leaves and flowers, on the contrary, ground energy.

- According to the laws of Feng Shui, flowers with rounded leaves should be preferred.

— According to the energy released, Feng Shui divides all indoor flowers into plants with male energy — “Yang” and female “Yin” energy. Plants with male energy, among the most widely known, include: dracaena, chlorophytum, asparagus, sansevier, lemon and other types of citrus fruits. Plants with sharp leaves are more characteristic of Yang energy flowers, they speed up the movement of energy and grow straight up. Plants with female energy include: violet, jade (money tree), cyclamen, begonia. Branching or creeping plants with rounded leaves reflect Yin qualities to a greater extent.

— To create a correct and favorable microclimate and energy balance of the dwelling, it is necessary to have both Yang and Yin plants in the house.

- It should be remembered that in feng shui, any dried plants are energy vampires and are not recommended to be kept indoors, as they will absorb your energy.

- When choosing a place for flowers in the house, you need to know that Jan plants should be kept in rooms that are characterized by the predominance of male energy - a study, a living room. Also, in cases where the room is located in the southern, southeastern or southwestern sector, the presence of Yang plants is simply necessary. Yin plants are preferably kept in the kitchen and children's room. These plants should be small.

- It is not recommended to keep many houseplants in the bedroom, and they should not be placed too close to the bed.

According to Feng Shui teachings, positive energy is inherent in the following houseplants: amaryllis, alpine violet, bougainvillea, hippeastrum, geranium, flowering begonias, ficus, arborescens, camellia, Chinese rose, cyclamen, arrowroot, orange and lemon tree, cissus, potted chrysanthemum.

Plants with heavy energy include: cacti, yucca, sansevera (pike tail), neoregelia, echmea. However, they can also be grown at home and successfully block the harmful Sha energy.

According to Feng Shui, all flowers radiate their own unique energy. Knowledge of the energy impact of a plant on a person and the energy of space is extremely important for their correct selection.

Ficus. It has the ability to neutralize aggression and negative energy well. Creates a favorable atmosphere in the house. However, it should not be placed in the marriage sector, since its presence in this place can worsen the relationship between spouses.

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Pelargonium (geranium). Indoor geranium belongs to plants with strong energy. Geranium blooms profusely and luxuriantly, fueled directly by negative energy. It perfectly protects everyone living in the house. After sitting near the plant for several minutes, you can feel energized and rested. You need to know that geranium releases essential oils, purifies the air, improves metabolism, reduces pressure and calms the nervous system. It is not recommended to put the plant next to the bed, because inhaling essential oils for a long time can cause headaches and sometimes allergies.

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Myrtle tree.

This amazing plant is your assistant in creating a happy and strong family. It brings love and prosperity to your home, and a flowering myrtle tree in the house will create favorable energy. If you are experiencing a period of cooling in family relationships, then the myrtle tree will help save your marriage and overcome adversity.

Cactus. Refers to the symbols of prosperity, fulfillment and wealth, despite its heavy energy. According to Feng Shui, the cactus is a symbol of fulfillment. This flower must be placed in the wealth zone. These plants are associated with the pantry because they are extremely water efficient. Cacti neutralize rage and anger. They are especially shown to quick-tempered people. This amazing plant contributes to the introduction of elements of logic into emotions, and helps not to concentrate on experiences.

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Poinsettia and arrowroot. These houseplants are great for stimulating the search for something new. Often people who have lost the meaning of life find it again. Poinsettia helps to reveal new qualities in oneself and determine one's profession, promotes communication.

Money tree (fat woman) has long been considered a symbol of prosperity, prosperity and wealth. The presence of a money tree in the house brings an increase in material wealth. The feng shui symbol "money tree" is a good activator of the wealth zone in a house, apartment, shop, office.

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Bamboo.

Feng shui masters advise planting this tree with your own hands, putting a coin or several coins in the pot along with the earth. When the plant grows up, it is necessary to tie a red ribbon on its trunk and decorate it with coins. This feng shui symbol should be located near a window facing southeast. If there is no window in the wealth zone, then you can equip artificial lighting and place the money tree on a table, shelf or stand nearby.

The plant absorbs negative energy well. In Feng Shui, it is believed that when negative energy passes through a bamboo stalk, it changes to positive. The plant is recommended to be kept in a floor and wide vase in the corner of the room.

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Lemon tree. Lemon is especially recommended to be placed near children, as this tree develops curiosity and increases the thirst for knowledge. Lemon increases activity and independence.

There are many other indoor feng shui mascot flowers that have various magical effects on a person and the energy of a home.

It should also be remembered that according to the teachings of Feng Shui, fruit-bearing and flowering plants release more energy than decorative leafy plants, and large plants - more than small ones.

Plants with lush, soft foliage radiate more positive energy than plants with sharp, hard, thorny leaves.

These tips will help you arrange the right flowers in your home. It depends on the observance of these rules whether the flowers will harmonize the energy of the house, or, conversely, will bring disharmony to your home.

When arranging flowers, observe the following rules:

- it is not recommended to place indoor flowers between two doors or in a straight line between a door and a window;

- plants with thorns, hard leaves or needles should not be placed closer than one meter from a working, sleeping or resting place;

Keep at home only plants that you like, because any flower is highly sensitive and will not grow well in an environment of antipathy;

- properly care for the flowers, if you want them to grow well, please you and fill the house with positive energy.

And the most important thing is that any flower - a Feng Shui talisman - fully demonstrates its capabilities, and its energy field is active - show your attention and love to it, and it will definitely help you. And you, communicating with this most beautiful particle of the universe, will bring your soul into a state of complete harmony with nature.

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Feng Shui Flowers: Feng Shui Indoor Plants in an Apartment or House

Many plants, despite their outward beauty, interfere with our living interior. Moreover, they interfere energetically

Not all indoor plants are equally useful. There are also outright pests. Who are they and what Feng Shui advises to do with them - in today's material.

Karin & Sara

Most of us think of indoor plants as something like furniture: where you put them, they grow there. Technically this is true, but not really. It has been proven that plants react to what is happening around, recognize the owner.

The characteristics of different plants should be taken into account when planning interior design. Because some indoor flowers, from the point of view of Feng Shui, will help in moving things forward, while others will harm and interfere with your plans.

Ally Fountain Design

Artificial flowers
Usually fabric or, even worse, plastic (even if very high quality) flowers. They easily collect dust, but it is difficult to wash them. Artificial flowers in the house, according to Feng Shui, should not be kept: they bring stagnant energy into the house, and it is better to remove them from the apartment.

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Branches
Dry sharp branches (natural or artificial) also do not contribute to the harmonization of space: it is believed that they emit unfavorable, sharp "rays" of Sha energy.

Mikhail Loskutov

Dried flowers
According to Feng Shui, dry house flowers are not much better than artificial ones. Yes, once such plants were alive. But now, instead of juicy, energetic yang energy, they emit a dull yin energy. Everything would be fine, but only if such bouquets inadvertently ended up in the sector of the sphere where things got stuck, then the process will not move forward in any way. Take away!

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Cacti
Another not very favorable plant - it is believed that thorns also actively emit harmful Sha energy, which moves only in a straight line. Therefore, a battery of assorted cacti (even if they are blooming) is not the best idea for a room, and even more so for a bedroom.

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However, cacti also have a positive function: they are good protection against "poison arrows" coming from the street through the window. For example, they provide protection from sharp corners of buildings, lonely factory chimneys, and so on. So if your apartment is not located in the most successful area, and the cactus is protection, and not “just a flower that is difficult to ruin due to forgetfulness,” let it grow. And even in the bedroom. Just move it closer to the window.

Alexander White

Pike tail
He is also "mother-in-law's tongue" or scientifically - sansevieria plant. An unpleasant fame has been attached to him: supposedly in the houses where this flower grows, women remain lonely. From a feng shui point of view, sharp lanceolate leaves emit not the most pleasant energies. Rather than checking whether it is true or not, it is better to take the plant out of the bedroom into some public place such as a corridor, hall or living room.

Chambers Interiors & Associates, Inc.

Bonsai
I agree, it is very beautiful, decorative, unusual. But! The tree, which was supposed to be huge, but remained miniature, distorts space. His growth is retarded, distorted. Now imagine that the bonsai is in the sector of career or wealth. Would you wish for micro-incomes or a hopelessly stuck career?

In general, any restrictions on the natural growth of any plants, not just trees (as in bonsai), are not very favorable.

Olga Shangina | Photography

In the photo: do not confuse bonsai - an artificially limited plant in growth - and an unusual planter for planting traditional flowers. The idea from the photo is a krasula (money tree) in a container resembling a three-liter jar. You can store money in a symbolic container, just make sure that the pot does not restrict the growth of the plant too much

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Maria Teresa Furnari

Creeping plants
Good on the street, where they hang beautifully along the walls of the facade, from the roofs of arbors. Acceptable in a spacious apartment. And in a small one full of climbing flowers, you will constantly suffer from depression, sometimes not even understanding what is happening to you.

The thing is that ampelous (weaving) plants have a pronounced Yin energy. It's neither bad nor good, it's just a given. The energy in the apartment slows down a lot, turns into a sort of "jelly" or even "swamp". It becomes difficult to work in the office, in the bedroom you always want to lie on the bed, thoughts get confused, plans spread - no clarity.

Chalotte Kamp Kruse // Decor Studio

Tip: If you like hanging plants, limit them to one. This is not only feng shui for you, but any interior designer will advise you: a single plant looks (and works) much more advantageously than a garden on a windowsill.

Scandinavian Homes

Bedroom and plants
There is a lot of talk about plants being unfavorable in the bedroom. Healthy fresh flowers, especially large plants in tubs, give off strong yang energy, and a yin one is needed in the bedroom. The way out is this: close pets in pots at night with a thick curtain. You can double - it's even better.

Sergey Krasyuk

Fact: Plants in the bedroom, according to Feng Shui, do not interfere with everyone and not always. You just need to be aware of such an effect and take action if this is your case.

Design Studio Hotchin

Winter gardens - on the balcony
If you really like house plants and want to grow them calmly, so that they do not interfere with anyone in the apartment, the ideal solution is a winter garden on the balcony.

Sarah Greenman

From the point of view of Feng Shui, it is the balcony that is favorable for floriculture and horticulture, and not the loggia (external room with a separate entrance). The balcony does not belong to any zone, and you can enjoy your garden without fear of harming current affairs.

Grigory Sokolinsky

Almost everything is possible in a vase
Live cut flowers — traditional from the store or large leaves of indoor flowers, as in the photo — can refresh and renew the energies of the sector in which they are placed. True, for this it is necessary to carry out some preliminary work: to find the right sector, to understand what exactly is wrong there. The general principle is clear: remove all diseased, inanimate, add succulent plants. Even in a bouquet and for a while.

Which houseplants, according to Feng Shui, are considered auspicious - we'll talk in a separate article.

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