YIN, YANG, AND CHI (The colour of flowers)
The colors of flowers play a part in the harmonious balancing of energies and the two most important colors are red and yellow, both of themYang. That said, the effect of colors should not be overstressed.
Red is particularly auspicious and is the color most frequently used and worn to attract good fortune. You can seldom go wrong with red flowers. Red is best placed in the south where the fire element rules. But red flowers bring good luck wherever they are placed.
Yellow flowers have the same effect but are best placed in the earth corners of the southwest and northeast. Orange, a combination of red and yellow, is an equally strong and beneficialYang color.
Flowers in red, yellow, or orange will bring happy energy to the garden and to the house itself.
Deep violet and purple are also extremely lucky colors: bluebells in the northcorners of gardens and especially in the back garden or behind the house are ideal.
Blues and whites are regarded as cooler Yin colors and are vital for creating Yin—Yang balance in the garden. White should not be allowed to become the focus of attention in the garden: better to balance it with reds, oranges, or yellows. As the color of the metal element, white flowers are best located in the northwest and west parts of the garden. Blue fares wellplaced in the north, east, and southeast corners of the garden but is less successful in the southcorner. Neither blue nor white flowers should be placed in thefront part of the garden and should not face the front door or the gate. Keep the front part of the garden for red flowers.
YIN, YANG, AND CHI
Vigorous, healthy plants with a great deal of foliage, whatever their size, bring plenty of Yang energy into the garden. Large-leafed plants are great Feng Shui energizers when placed next to water, such as a small pond. Climbing vines have good foliage and are effective in the southeast corner of the garden, the location of the small woodelement. Plants such as hostas have strong architectural forms and leaves with quilted structures and can be used effectively to counterpoint vines.
The Yin of ferns
Ferns introduce the softening balance of Yin energies to a garden of high-energy Yang flowers and that balance helps to provide an auspicious atmosphere and excellent Feng Shui. The featheriness of ferns tames the sharpest edges in the garden and dissolves any negative energy present. Maidenhair and asparagus ferns are perfect for this.
Hanging baskets
Carefully created with a thoughtful combination of plants and flowers, hanging baskets produce a harmony that permeates the environment by lifting up growth energies and allowing them to flow around them. Plants suitable for hanging baskets include, not least because they offer plenty of color, impatiens, phlox, geranium, and lobelia. There are many more suitable plants to choose from. Choose contrasting leaf shapes to maintain the Yin—Yang balance.
Window boxes
As well as enhancing and softening the facade of any house, window boxes encourage beneficial Chi to come in to the home. Choose any plants you want except, as we have already discussed, prickly or stunted plants. Color combinations are very much up to the individual, but try to construct a color scheme around the vibrant Yang good luck colors red, yellow, and orange. As for the boxes themselves, I recommend terra cotta, which has fewer Feng Shui problems than the more standard wood or metal. Remember to deadhead flowers and to trim off any dried leaves.
Golden leaves and silver stems
For the west and northwest corners of your garden golden leaves or silver-stemmed plants are
wonderful energizers that bring the glow of the metal element into metal element corners, thereby activating the existing good luck of the corners. The spiraea, known as the “Gold flame,” is an ideal golden foliage plant for such corners. Silver-stemmed bushes are also as effective as far as their Feng Shui is concerned.
The bright hall
Finally, regardless of what you grow in your garden, always keep a small turfed patch directly in front of your front door to create the auspicious and all important bright hall effect. Keep this patch clear of twigs, leaves, and garden debris.
Daffodils create a wonderful splash of refreshing spring color in the garden and are acceptable because they also represent buried gold; otherwise, however, keep the patch clear. An empty bright hall is an especially effective Feng Shui energizer.
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