You should know what kind of plants are good for feng shui at home.
Plant feng shui also affects home feng shui. Because plants in general are easily available. And they are all natural plants. Therefore, families usually put whatever plants they like, but they don’t know what the applications of their own plants are, and they don’t know what the taboos are about placing these plants. So what kind of plants are good for Feng Shui at home? Let’s take a look!
Feng Shui for raising plants at home
1. The temperament of plants should be coordinated with the owner’s personality and the indoor atmosphere
The layout of the living room should avoid cluttering green plants Or ordinary ornamental flowers can be placed scatteredly on the windowsill, fireplace and TV in the living room. For rooms that are too high, hanging baskets and hanging plants can be used to make them appear lower. Lower rooms can look taller with neat, straight plants.
2. The four types of flowers should not be close to tuberose
It will emit a large number of particles that strongly stimulate the sense of smell at night, which is very harmful to patients with high blood pressure and heart disease. Conifer flowers: emit oily fragrance, which can easily make people feel sick. Oleander: The flowers are poisonous and their fragrance can easily make people drowsy and reduce their intelligence. Tulip: The flowers contain toxic alkali, and the hair may fall off if exposed to too much.
3. The balanced proportion of plants is also very important
Plants with large and simple leaves can add to the magnificent decoration of the living room, while plants with complex shapes and many colors can become ornamental leaf plants. A drab room becomes rich. Plants with small leaves and arching branches can make a narrow room appear larger than it actually is.
4. The Five Elements Song of Plants
The selection of flowers and trees tells the story of the five elements, which are divided into east, west, north and south. If it belongs to wood, it should be placed in the east to benefit the liver, and if it belongs to fire, it should be placed in the south to strengthen the heart. It is placed in the center of the stomach to nourish the earth, and white flowers are placed in the west and belong to gold. Plants belonging to the metal genus can heal the lungs, and people who smoke often have new lungs. People born in the year of water are strong in the north, with blue flowers and black leaves, which can nourish the kidneys. If the formation is misplaced, the flowers and trees will decline and it will be difficult to attract people.
5. Sun-loving plants
Characteristics: Plants that like to grow under direct sunlight will grow poorly or cannot grow once there is insufficient sunlight or in a shaded environment.
Category: larch, pine, arborvitae, metasequoia, poplar, willow, elm, oak, toon, locust, black locust, ebony, paulownia, loblolly, pine, alder , camphor, beech and other trees; roses, yellow thorn rose, forsythia, elm-leaf plum, caragana, pepper, tamarisk, wolfberry, rose, red spirea and other shrubs; dianthus, dahlia, cornflower, a Grass flowers such as red rose, gladiolus, tuberose, purple jasmine and half-branched lotus, and lawn plants such as wild grass and zoysia grass.
Because these plants grow in the sun for a long time, the light is strong, their transpiration intensity is high, and the soil evaporation is also large. Therefore, the root system is generally large and deep, and the adaptability is strong. It is the backbone tree species for garden construction.
6. Flower Feng Shui and placement
Glass vases should be used in the north of the house. Spherical vases should be used in the west or northwest of the house. Tall and deep wooden bottles should be used in the east or southeast part of the house. Conical vases are suitable for the southern part of the house. Pottery bowls should be used in the southwest or northeast of the house.
7. Neutral plants (yin in yang, yang in yin)
Features: They can grow normally in full sun or semi-shade environment. They both like light and tolerate shade. , only grows poorly in very shady environments. There are many types of such plants. They prefer light as well as sun-positive plants, and their growth is inhibited especially during droughts and high temperatures. They are also far less shade-tolerant than shade-type plants. They germinate late and fall leaves early under full shade, and the leaves of evergreen trees turn yellow. , branches and vines tend to light and grow sideways during growth.
Classification: There are also differences in the degree of light-loving and shade-tolerance. Some are partial to the sun (yin in the yang), such as hackberry, beech, cherry blossom, peach, plum, plum, ingot maple, triangle maple, magnolia, and Guangzhou. Magnolia, maple poplar, etc.; those with partial shade (yin in yang) such as fir, spruce, hemlock, oil fir, yew, podocarpus, evodia, four-flower, peach coral, wolfberry , azaleas, camellias, hydrangea, viburnum, honeysuckle, ivy, eleuthero, tonka, pittosporum, nandina, euonymus, pearl plum, rowan, etc.
There are also some truly neutral plants, such as horse chestnut, maple, Chinese pine, whitebark pine, cedar, linden, ash, crabapple, saddle tree, locust tree, etc. Excessive sun or shade will inhibit growth.
8. Shade-loving plants
Characteristics: They naturally grow in a shaded environment and are not suitable for full sunlight. Most of the plants that grow poorly or even die quickly if planted under full sunlight It is a herbaceous plant and some low shrubs.
Categories: Ginseng, American ginseng, Panax notoginseng, coptis, saxifrage, begonia, bugleaf, hosta, orchid, wintergreen, monstera, most mosses and ferns are negative plant. Woody plants such as Golden Bull, Bailiangjin, Octagonal Golden Pan, Shixue, etc. are negative plants.
There are also other species such as Fusarium vine, Ten Great Contributions, Lonicera japonica, Honeysuckle, Tianmu Qionghua, North China fragrant grass, Lespedeza, Western elderberry, ivy, Western ivy, Euonymus, and Silkworm. Spear, aventurine hydrangea, weigela, etc. are yin plants with endurance.
Most of the negative plants grow in the lower part of the forest. Once the forest is destroyed and exposed to strong light after losing shade, it will be difficult for them to survive. In the garden, their shade-loving and shade-tolerant habits can be used to plant them under the forest to form a multi-layered mixed landscape, making it closer to the natural ecology and better maintaining soil and water. It can also be potted or planted directly indoors to improve the indoor environment.