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Choose The Best Feng Shui House Plants

Filed Under: Feng Shui for Your Home Tagged With: Feng Shui and Plants, Personal Growth, Vitality, Wood Element

Feng Shui *loves* houseplants!  They’re the quickest way to lift the vitality of your home.

Healthy plants enhance the Wood element, symbolizing New Beginnings and family relationships in Feng Shui.

Plants also create fresh Chi energy and add a sense of growth and progress to your life.

simple-houseplantTo choose the best Feng Shui plants you’ll need to select those that thrive in the particular light conditions in your home.

  • In low light conditions, Aspidistra, Peace Lily, Rubber Plant, and Dracaena work the best for you.
  • Medium Light calls for Jade plants (the “money plant”), Philodendron and Lucky Bamboo.
  • Very bright or direct light supports Begonias, Orchids and Ficus trees, which do a beautiful job filling in a large sectors of your home where you need healthy energy to thrive.

The Wood element is also associated with Abundance & Prosperity on the Bagua Map, so for this reason alone it’s a good idea to have healthy plants in your space.

Here are some guidelines about plant shapes:

  • Houseplants with rounded leaves and an upright habit attract good Chi, symbolizing round coins and money, thereby creating a sense of abundance.
  • Spiky plants like cacti and snake plants are excellent for shielding you against negative Chi, but their aggressive energy means you need to place them where they’re not in highly-trafficked areas of your home.
  • Avoid droopy plants like ivies.  They create a drag on the energy of your home and can make you feel tired every time you look at them.

If you have a black thumb or plants are not your thing, check out my post about great Feng Shui substitutes for live plants.

(photo courtesy of Dave Hosford on Creative Commons)

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  1. ella says

    August 17, 2011 at 5:44 pm

    great tips and insights about feng shui house.
    http://fengshuimirror.com/feng-shui-house-numbers/

  2. Melinda Buhl says

    January 14, 2013 at 4:10 pm

    You should avoid ivies for the drooping what about pothos? I have long vines but want to place the pots low and tack the vines up. Is thatbetter?

    • AnnFengShui says

      January 15, 2013 at 11:36 am

      Hi Melinda — Pothos can be very abundant, and the round leaves are auspicious. Tacking up the vines can work beautifully from a Feng Shui perspective, as long as you take care to keep them from appearing scraggly or weak. Fertilizer should help 🙂

  3. Elisabeth says

    October 5, 2016 at 4:22 pm

    I have a monstera that I am thinking about bringing to the office. Will the “cut” aspect of the leaves be problematic?

    • Ann says

      October 30, 2016 at 2:27 pm

      Hello Elisabeth,
      Your monstera plant should be fine in your office as it has a strong, upright habit. Prevent it from drooping and keep it healthy and green for best possible business results.

  4. Pochacco Tan says

    December 19, 2016 at 5:01 am

    Hi, I have already sticked wall stickers of ivy vines in my bedroom in front of my table
    They r trailing upwards instead of hanging down though
    I sticked them in a way that shows them climbing up bricks like a ladder and the top ivy vine is reaching up with no brick above it
    I thought it’s good symbolism of improvement in many aspects

    Is that still bad? Would wall stickers affect fengshui? I may consider taking the stickers down if they too drag on the energy

    Thank you in advance

    • Ann says

      January 9, 2017 at 5:40 pm

      Hello Pochacco,
      Without seeing exactly what you are talking about it is difficult to say, but in general too much “plant energy” in a bedroom can stir things up for you as you sleep. Do remove the stickers if you find yourself sleeping badly or your Chi becomes negative in any other way.

  5. Maria says

    February 9, 2017 at 9:56 pm

    Hi where I should put my snake plants inside my house?

    • Ann says

      March 6, 2017 at 2:55 pm

      Hello Maria,
      Plants are good pretty much anywhere except your bedroom. I would need to know more about your situation in order to be more specific, so please contact me again via my Ask Ann page if you like.

      • Jake says

        April 16, 2017 at 6:03 pm

        Thank you for the information on this article, Ann. In regards to snake plants, I’ve read that the are good feng shui in the bedroom, as it provides oxygen for us at night (unlike other plants that take oxygen away due to the lack of light). Is this true? The article mentions it is great to protect you also and low foot traffic, so it would be perfect, right :)?

        • Ann says

          June 8, 2017 at 4:35 pm

          Hello Jake,
          Snake plants are definitely healthy and bring in good Feng Shui in most parts of the house. The exception is the bedroom because their leaves are so sharp… if you wish to have a plant in your bedroom, use one with a rounder leaf, such as a peace lily plant.

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