Feng Shui Plants

Feng Shui is all about doing the right things to harness as much positive energy into your home as possible. There are many items prescribed by Feng Shui in order to attract and preserve positive chi in your home. What you should use to attract which positive energy, which specific location you should place these objects in, so as to ensure that all the negative energies are driven away from the home that you have built and nurtured with so much love and care.

Feng Shui offers so many objects, including plants. You can place plants in your bedroom, or have a living room with some luscious green plants adorning it. Let us, in this article discuss the various reasons for keeping Feng Shui houseplants, and also give you names of some of the most suitable ones.

Why Feng Shui Suggests Plants

As mentioned earlier, the purpose of Feng Shui is to pull towards the home, all positive energies and drive away any negative vibes that exist. They could be in the form of an illness, insufficient income, troubled relationships etc. One of the most indispensable tools that you can use to make all this go away, and have luck, wealth and prosperity shining on you, is to use Feng Shui plants. Given below are some points that will tell you how and why Feng Shui indoor plants help the home. Read on and get enlightened.

• Plants help to take all positive energies within the environment to an ascent.
• Wooded plants tend to attract a lot of yang. So, if you do place wooded plants in your home, balance it out with ferns that attract more of yin.
• Placing fresh flowers is considered a superb way to attract strength and physical energy. So make it a point to place fresh flowers in your living room often. Once they dry up, throw them away immediately. Don't keep them dry and wilting in the vase. This will attract negative energy.
• A good idea is to place a line of lights on a plant. This will help to pull more positive vibes towards the home.
• Keep your plants properly watered and nourished. That's the only way it can perform its function of drawing in optimistic vibrations.
• Using tropical plants helps by absorbing hazardous poisonous substances that may be present in the air, due to the use of electronic devices, machinery etc.
• As far as Feng Shui for bedroom is concerned, you should refrain from keeping flowers in your bedroom. Instead, as Feng Shui bedroom plants, you can have a small ornamental plant that bears fruit, because fruit are a symbol of fertility.
• One place that you should avoid placing plants is, in the bathroom. It is said to overturn the positive energy into a negative one.
• If you have an outdoor Feng Shui garden, place horizontal and vertically growing trees separately. This is because, if placed close to each other, they will stunt each others' growth and serve no purpose.
• Plant trees in odd numbers. Planting them in threes will enhance the harmony of relationships.
• Do not place bonsai plants in your home. They represent stunted growth, and these vibes can spread around the house too.
• Another point that you should keep in mind is that the plants that you place, should be well taken care of. Trim them regularly, see that dried leaves are removed, and keep the plant healthy and happy. That's the only way of ensuring an aura of happiness in your home.
• If it's a Feng Shui garden, then let the trees grow according to their natural abilities. Don't limit them with constant pruning and trimming of branches.
• Another no-no, when it comes to Feng Shui plants is, placing thorny plants inside. They attract negativity and drive away positivity.

Where to Place Them

The right placement of Feng Shui plants is essential, for their purpose to be fulfilled. Placing them in incorrect locations can prove to be redundant, or worse, misfire and turn into something worse. Let us see the safest places to have Feng Shui plants.

• Health, Prosperity and Wealth: East
• Creativity: Northwest
• Luck for Children: West
• General Luck and Well-Being: Southeast or South

Which Plants to Keep

Now let us see a list of some well recommended Feng Shui plants for your home.

• Bamboo Plants
• Day Lily
• Jade Plant
• Peace Lilies
• Money Plant
• Golden Pothos
• Dwarf Banana Tree
• Ivy Plant
• Lavender Plant
• Palm Tree
• Rubber Plant
• Dracaena Plant
• Ficus Tree
• Ferns
• Dandelions
• Holly Bushes
• Lilac Tree
• Cornflowers
• Chrysanthemum
• Daffodil

Use any of these Feng Shui plants when you think of home decorating. Together with making your home look good, it will add a lot of affirmative energies to your home.