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Feng Shui plants, choosing plants for your home

Feng Shui plants and planting rules really are quite simple. Each plant should be chosen carefully in regard to the specific feature we wish to introduce. We need to think of terms of the colour, size and form of each individual plant, and how they will look side by side. The planting should also blend in with the topography of the surrounding area. We may slightly change this where we want to make a definite statement to the contrary. You may live in an area that has identical buildings and garden settings that have evolved into a particular style. You may feel happiest following the same patterns. Or you may choose to follow changes featured in Taoism. Feng Shui's roots run deep. Individual expression is very important in garden design. From it, we ourselves develop. When planting, the needs of plants should be considered in terms of aspect, soil type, temperature and spacing. There is no point attempting to nurture a plant in clay soils when it requires a sandy soil, doing so will only develop disappointment in the garden. Feng Shui plants for visual impact Flowers- Camelia, Ginger, Magnolia, Orchid, Peony, Forsythia Fruits- Crab apple, Fig, Quince, Plum (stone fruits) Leaves- Weeping willow, Maple, Palm, Privet, Myrtle Seeds- Physalis, Everlasting pea, Eryngium, The Seasons and Feng Shui plants The garden should have an all year round influence and interesting features that are created from the plants themselves.

We should be able to view the season changes from inside the house and various vantage points in the garden. Within each season it is considered desirable that each stage of the plants development should be represented - flowers, leaves, roots, seeds and bark.

Right: The Australian native Lemon Myrtle tree in seasonal flower The trees Trees are used to enhance a space, to obscure unwelcome features, and balance other features in the garden. In ancient China, trees were regarded as having special powers. We are now more aware of their importance to our ecological systems. Trees are the lungs of the world. They stabilize soils, and keep the water tables balanced. Trees need to be planted meticulously to reflect a number of philosophical principles as follows; 1. Trees should be allowed to grow to their natural shape, since this depicts their true beauty. 2. A single tree can be admired for its bark, its seeds, its leaves and its blossoms. 3. Groups of trees should be in odd numbers,e.g. 3s and 5s. Also, planting in odd shapes is better than straight lines. 4. Trees with branches that grow horizontally, such as, Grevillea Robusta Folia, Cedar or Spruce should be planted alone. 5. Upright trees, plants such as Bamboo or Cypress, should not be planted alongside tree with horizontal branches. 6. Weeping and pendulous trees, like Willow or Birch, do not mix with those bearing horizontal branches. 7. Only trees such as Oak or Elm and certain rainforest species, are suitable for mass planting. 8. Trees with unique shapes, such as Yew and Plane, should be planted alone. 9. To create natural ecosystems that attract wildlife, plant indigenous species from your local area.

Feng Shui Garden Design

Feng Shui garden design offers us the opportunity to connect with the Natural World. Through it, we can form a partnership with all living things, and live and work with and among them. In doing so, we come into balance and harmony and our own well being is enhanced.

One of the most famouse plants of Feng Shui plants is the Jade Plant The Jade Tree or Money Plant is regarded as an auspicious plant because its succulent dark green leaves resemble pieces of jade or coins, thereby representing, Earth or Metal energy, and these add nourishment and stability. The Earth Chi helps strenghten relationships. The Jade Plant also signifies Wood energy or growth. Placement East for family health, harmony and initiation of projects, scholarly pursuits; Southeast for enhancing wealth. West for creativity or children luck. Northwest for the luck of teachers, mentors and finding creatively helpful people.

Feng Shui garden design and principles


Feng Shui garden design offers us the opportunity to connect with the natural world and the Universe around us. Come into a partnership with all living things, live and work with them and among, so Balance and harmony will follow. When we first buy or move into our new apartment, house, villa, unit or townhouse the principles are the same. We check for all our basic needs, how many bedrooms, kitchen size etc, but do we check out if it has a nice garden, or the design? Rarely. The world these days is full of so much Yang activity that we forget about our recreational times until our holidays arrive and try to unwind in a 1 week or two week holiday. These Yang activities take toll our physical and mental health. A fantastic way to unwind is to address the situation with a Yin activity and rebalance ourselves in our own Feng Shui

design garden, a safe quite haven.

There has been a spiritual connection with nature among the indigenous for centuries and many still hold onto its truths; unfortunately it isnt passed down as much now, from generation to generation the teaching are getting lost. So many of us seek ideas and teaching from afar, in books, yes the internet and where ever else we can find them. Feng Shui garden design of the ancient Chinese helps us relate to our own psyche and tap into the spirit of the place we live and our environment around us. By using local native plants and natural methods to grow we distance ourselves from the hustle and bustle of modern living and gain repose. ,Living in an apartment or a small flat we can still gain the benefits of our window gardens and garden courtyards, as it is the feeling that is created that brings us into balance with nature and life energy.

The following pages on this website will guide us through and reveal the ancient principles of Feng Shui garden design, creating supportive and nurturing environments. We will walk through centuries old applied techniques and translate them into modern day formulas. We will discover how Yin , Yang and the 5 elements can be interpreted outside. Feng Shui is the art of directing the energy of an environment to move in ways with which we feel comfortable. The plants furnishing and objects we surround ourselves have an impact about how we feel about the garden and how we use it. The everlasting unseen energies of the Earth and Universe can be tapped into by us and used for our own advantages to propel a happy relaxed lifestyle of abundance and happiness. One way we can start today is by planning and creating our Feng Shui garden design and really start living to the fullest. Garden Statue Placement And Design Your garden theme can focus on anything you desire: a fantasy garden, filled with fairies, pixies, goblins; a religious-theme garden, complete with cherubs and harp-playing seraphims and religious figures; or perhaps a nature-theme garden full of replicas of frogs, lizards and giant snails. Feng Shui Garden Design Ideas

1. Bring love and passion into the garden. 2. Keep your landscape as natural as possible. 3. Place stone and crystals around for visual effect and to reflect light. 4. Study the placement of water and use it to bring good fortune to your home. 5. Attract wildlife by introducing local species, and reduce the spraying of insecticides. 6. Use natural insecticides such as Pyrethrum and White oil. 7. Follow one theme in your landscape. 8. Enjoy all your plants equally, and show them off to your friends!

The Feng Shui Garden


Plant a Beautiful Feng Shui Garden - Bring the Outdoors Inside to You

Bring the outdoors into your home or workplace, wherever possible The view from every window and door affects your relationship with the outside world Your view of the outside should soothe and uplift your spirit Invite Good Chi, the Life Force Energy onto your property Landscaping and outside color have an impact both inside and outside Chi Flow The Front Entrance invites Good Chi to come inside Sanctuary Gardens are powerful Chi attractors For Harmony and Balance, focus on beauty and comfort within your indoor environment and, Surround yourself with beauty and comfort from the outside in! Remember that the outside of your home or workplace forms the Vital First Impression that Chi and human visitors have of your inside environment

Plant a Feng Shui Garden on your property


Plant Sanctuary Gardens that respect natural landscape & spirit of the environment Balancing Chi Flow, Yin & Yang, The Five Elements & Color is Key Use the Feng Shui Bagua Map as a placement tool to emphasize Wealth, Fame, Love & Marriage, Children & Creativity, Helpful People & Travel, Career, Self-Cultivation &Knowledge and Family & Health

Outdoor Considerations

Streets are the Waterways of Chi (slow lanes or raging highways): landscape your property to regulate Chi Flow Driveways bring Chi onto your property Pathways bring Chi to doorways Straight paths may encourage too fast Chi Flow Curved or meandering paths encourage Good Chi Flow Place Greeters at the driveway or front door as sentinels on each side to turn away negative energy. Example: two planters with beautiful flowers make excellent Greeters Clear all clutter on your property as it stagnates Good Chi Flow Balance Chi Flow, The Five Elements and Ying & Yang - Open and Closed, Dark and Light Spaces

The Five Elements outdoor examples - Metal: Furniture, Rock & Stones - Wood: All Plants, Deck & Fencing - Fire: Lighting, Fireplaces & Barbeques - Earth: Brick, Tile & Adobe

- Water: Fountain, Pools and Ponds Ensure privacy and security with landscaping Plant seasonal and year-round plants, trees and shrubs Round leaves represent money (Wealth) Bamboo means harmony and a strong future Thorny or scratchy plants deter guests and Good Chi Flow Beautiful, colorful flowers and plants make auspicious spaces Remove all drab and dying vegetation from your Feng Shui Garden Add any items that represent fire, such as stoves, fireplaces, ovens, lamps, lighting, and candles Include paintings, photos or posters of anything fiery, including dominant red colors Install statues and images of people and animals or anything that is very active Include items in red and hot pink colors Add items that are pyramid, angular, pointed or triangular in shape Introduce water features: Ponds, Pools, Fountains & Bird Baths

Feng Shui Colors in Your Garden


Green represents Hope, Growth and Tranquility Red is Auspicious and represents Strength & Warmth Purple is Auspicious and Inspires Respect Yellow or Gold stands for Power Blue represents Hope, New Growth (can be too cold) Blue-Green or Mint is aligned with Nature & Spring Black represents Depth (good) or Lack of Hope depression) Gray can be associated with Hopelessness or Balance Brown gives a Heavy Feeling or Stability (Depth) Orange: Happiness and Power Pink: Love, Joy, Happiness and Romance

Peach: Good Luck for Singles, Infidelity for Couples

For more on Feng Shui Garden Design and The Five Elements, visit....... Feng Shui Garden Design with Danna Cain

Bring The Water Element into your Garden.......

We found this delightful Flowering Fountain in the garden of The Arlington Hotel in Hot Springs, Arkansas. The Water, Wood and Earth Elements are all represented in this clever use of a bird bath planted with a beautiful flowing green vine. Bamboo Inspiration Bamboo Inspiration is a web site that promotes the versatility of bamboo and its uses around the world as an increasingly popular environmentally friendly renewable resource.

Healthy Bamboo Plants for your Indoor Gardens

The "good fortune" bamboo plant is ideal to place in the entrance of your house

Feng Shui Garden Design


We're pleased to present some of Danna Cain's Feng Shui Garden Design tips for you here. You might consider her suggestions when planning your own Feng Shui Garden. Danna Cain, ASLA and Garden Design Expert, is co-owner of Home & Garden Design, Atlanta, Georgia. I've had the privilege of assisting Danna in a presentation on, Feng Shui in the Garden The link to Home & Garden Design's website is located on our Valuable Links page

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How to Make a Beautiful Feng Shui Garden Design Color, Texture and Shape are the most powerful visual images in your Feng Shui Garden landscape

Individually, each evokes a feeling .......

A favorite color will make you feel happy, welcome and comfortable A certain texture - such as a prickly Holly - might cause you pain Restful Shapes are usually mounding or draping - as with the Weeping Willow Erect, spiky Shapes can be energetic - The Foxglove - or disturbing - The Yucca

Collectively, they make a statement: A garden of all ONE color of flowers can be very dramatic - for example, an all White Garden A landscape of contrasting Shapes and Textures is the most interesting combination The plant arrangement makes the difference between a formal, semiformal or natural Garden

Harmonizing and Balancing Shapes, Textures and Colors is Key to good Feng Shui Garden Design

Consider using some of the same colors in your Feng Shui Garden Design, both outdoors and inside of your home or office For example, use yellow Pansies at the front door and a pot of yellow Daffodils inside the foyer You might match your annual flower color to your wall colors Just remember that too much of a good thing looses it's effect, for example, use a slate (not brick) walkway to a brick house For Balance, include a little of all The 5 Elements - Metal, Water, Fire, Wood and Fire Elements

"Earth laughs in flowers" - Ralph Waldo Emerson

Feng Shui Garden Design using The Feng Shui Five Elements
The Fire Element

Plant and Leaf Shapes: Triangular or Conical Color: Red Red Cutleaf Maple (Acer palmatum "atropurpureum") , Small tree, with a soft conical shape to 18 ft, red-purplish foliage, brilliant in Fall, part Sun to part Shade Crytomeria "Yoshino", a tall, green conifer to 40 ft., Coppery foliage in Winter. Great for creating privacy or screening a bad view. Full Sun Other plants with Triangular or Conical Shapes: Any topiary in this shape such as Boxwood, Hollies and Rosemary are ideal Other plants with Red Color: Coral Bark Maple (Sango-kaku) - Small tree with brilliant Coral bark on young branches More Red Colors: Nandinas - Small scrubs with red, orange or scarlet foliage in Winter. Sun or Shade Another Red Color: Camellia Sasanqua "Yuletide" - Shrub with fire-engine Red flowers in late fall. Part Sun to Shade Other ways to introduce The Fire Element into your outdoor setting: Outdoor grill, fireplace, firepit or chimenaea, votive candles along pathway, pets and wildlife

More on The Feng Shui Fire Element .......

The Water Element Plant and Leaf Shapes: Asymmetrical, free form Color: Black and dark tones Black Elephant Ear (Colocasia "Jet Black Wonder" Annual Blackie Sweet Potato Vine (Ipomoea batatas "Blackie") Fast growing, rambling vine with deep purple foliage and pink flowers. Plant in Spring. This plant is especially wonderful trailing from a large pot Other plants with Asymmetrical, free form: Contorted Filbert Other plants with Black or dark tones: Butterfly Bush (Buddleia davidii "Purple Knight") - Large shrub with deep purple flowers. Sun Black mondo grass (Ophiopogon planiscapus nigrescens "Ebony Knight") - Ground cover, part Sun-Shade Purple Palace (Heuchera micrantha "Purple Palace") Perennial, part to full Shade

Other ways to introduce The Water Element into your outdoor setting: Include a pond, bird bath, decorative water sprinkler, swimming pool, mirror and crystals

See The Water Element for more information .......

The Wood Element Plant and Leaf Shapes: Columnar, Long Thin Shapes Colors: Blues and Greens Arrow Bamboo (Pseudosasa Japonica) - Green to 18 ft. tall for part Sun to part Shade. Does great in a tub or pot! In the ground, it's not as invasive as others Iris - Louisianna & Siberian hybrids have long, thin leaves and blue-lavender flowers. Full Sun. Rosemary - Clipped into a columner shape. Silvery blue/green with blue flowers. Full Sun. Lungwort (Pulmonaria "Roy Davidson") - Ground cover with pretty blue flowers. Shade. Other ways to include The Wood Element in your outdoor landspacing - Wood decks and benches, trellis or planter box, mulched pathways. Wood carvings. Rattan furniture

For more information on The Wood Element.......

The Metal Element Plant and Leaf Shapes: Circular, Oval and Arched Colors: White and Pastels Hydrangea "Annabelle" - Medium shrub for Part Sun. Huge pure white flowers in ball shape Spirea Vanhouttei - Medium shrub for Part Sun. Small white flowers on arching shaped shrub Hosta "Patriot" or "White Christmas" - White and green oval foliage for the Shade

White Gumpo Azaleas - Circular white flowers on low, oval shaped shrub. Part Shade Gardenia "August Beauty" - Oval shrub with circular white fragrant flowers. Sun Another plant with Circular, Oval and Arched shapes: - Eleagneus - Large shrub with silver arching limbs Other plants with white and pastel flowers: - Camellia Sasanqua "White doves" - Medium shrub for part Shade. White flowers in fall, Part Shade - Dogwood - Small tree with white flowers in Spring. Part Shade Other ways to include The Metal Element in your outdoor landspacing - Iron arbor, gate or bench. Copper birdbath, rusty iron birdhouse, bells, chimes and gongs. A metal sculpture, stone patio or boulders set in the landscape.

For more on The Metal Element....... The Earth Element

Plant and Leaf Shapes: Square and Rectangular Colors: Yellows and Earthtones Plants with square and rectangular Shapes: Clipped Boxwood or Hollies Plants with Yellow or Earthtone Colors: - Black Eyed Susan (Rudbeckia Goldstrum) Perennial. Gold daisy-like flowers in late Summer - Aucuba Japonica - Medium size shrub for the Shade. Bold yellow and green foliage

- Admiral Semmes Azalea - Lovely yellow decidious Azalea. Part Shade Coreopsis - Daisy-like perennials with yellow to gold flowers depending upon variety. Sun Ginkgo - Lovely tree with striking, brilliant yellow foliage in Fall Stella d'oro Daylilies - Repeat blooming Daylily. Flowers are golden yellow. Sun River Birch - Tree with Buff-colored peeling bark with yellow Fall foliage Miscanthus - Ornamental grasses that turn Beige in the Winter. Full Sun only

Other ways to include The Earth Element in your outdoor landspacing Pots/containers of terra cotta. Brick or tile paving

Thank you, Danna, for sharing your guidance on Feng Shui Garden Design with us. More about The Earth Element.......

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