Jade, geranium, bird of paradise, lucky bamboo and eucalyptus – these good luck plants could change your life. If you want to attract good luck into your life, follow our guide for the 15 most effective good luck plants to have at home; the greens on this list can bring instant happiness and prosperity when used, placed and cared for properly. Plus, we share 8 of the top unlucky plants you must remove immediately and avoid in the future.
Before plants became Instagram backdrops and ‘plant parent’ therapy substitutes, they had much loftier job roles – acting as fortune magnets, prosperity guardians, and household protectors. Yes, good luck plants is not a new thing; it's a belief that dates back to Pagan times. While we now casually click add to cart for next-day plant delivery, our ancestors would journey for days just to bring these lucky green talismans home. And in today's obsessively designed interiors, there's something wonderfully old-world about choosing plants not just for how they look, but for the good fortune and peace they might bring. From prosperity-attracting fig trees to energy-cleansing palms, it doesn’t matter if you're a skeptic or a believer; there's something intriguing about the wisdom in these time-honoured choices.
15 Best Good Luck Plants To Have in Your Home and Office
To create a space that feels not just beautiful but somehow ‘right,’ good luck plants can offer something design trends cannot – a connection to practices that have comforted and inspired for millennia. Here's our curated selection of eleven good luck plants that can bring more than just verdant beauty to your carefully designed spaces.
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Geranium (Cranesbills)
The neon red, oh so aromatic geranium is a wonderful spiritual ally to place in your home. A favourite of perfumers, botanists and homeopaths the world over, geranium soothes the senses and wards off evil energy (which is why it'll be tough to find a window box in England that isn't spilling over with this gorgeous flower). To help dispel unwanted, dark energy from your environment place geranium near outlets like windows and entrances.
Bird of Paradise (Strelitzia nicolai)
You didn't think a plant as flamboyant as the Bird of Paradise would ever want to be put in a corner did you? If you're trying to secure your next big break, career move or would simply like a little more joy and abundance in your life, this wild flower is your friend. Feng Shui experts recommend placing Bird of Paradise in bright areas where it can be seen, admired and recognised in all its glory. This good luck plant represents freedom, prosperity and immortality and certainly not modesty so use at your peril.
String of Hearts (Ceropegia woodii)
As its name would suggest, this loving plant has a lot of heart. With its heart shaped leaves and long, winding vines its energy aligns with emotional connection and loving relationships, helping to keep the heart chakra open and heal old emotional wounds. By effect, the String of Hearts is a great addition if you're trying to build a family with its association to fertility and health.
Orchids (Orchidaceae family)
Making the perfect gift, orchids symbolise abundance, prosperity, love and beauty making them a popular offering at house warming parties, weddings and birthdays – its also why supermarket checkouts are lined with these resilient, timeless flowers. White orchids symbolise purity and innocence, purple represents wealth, green for health and yellow for joy. A self-sufficient and nomadic plant, orchids are actually "air plants" that grow on trees for support and access to sunlight, absorbing nutrients from the air and rain without harming the host. How's that for intelligence?
Money Tree Plant (Pachira aquatic)
This five-leaved tropical tree is the poster child for Feng Shui's wealth-attracting rituals. Legend has it that a struggling Taiwanese farmer discovered one, cultivated it, and suddenly found himself flush with fortune. For maximum prosperity, place it in your home's southeast corner – though its braided trunk and umbrella-like foliage look great in most places, and particularly against minimalist backdrops where its sculptural form creates delicious contrast with clean architectural lines.
Lucky Bamboo (Dracaena sanderiana)
Not actually bamboo at all, this imposter has nonetheless become Asia's ambassador of good fortune. The stalks come with their own numeric code: three brings happiness, five attracts wealth, and seven promises good health. Keep it away from air conditioning vents to prevent brown tips and drooping, and in return its vertical lines will thrive. The lucky bamboo looks good in modern Gulf interiors, creating an unexpected dialogue between Eastern symbolism and Arabian design sensibilities.
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Anthurium
If your space has been feeling flat or lacking in passion, the vibrant Anthurium with its glossy heart-shaped blooms can reignite that spark. In feng shui, its upward-growing flowers symbolize rising prosperity and ambition, making stagnant energy a thing of the past. It’s no coincidence the plant’s blooms last up to eight weeks, mirroring the enduring good fortune it's said to attract into your home. Place one in living areas or home offices where its bold silhouette creates an eye-catching focal point. Anthurium also double as natural air purifiers, removing ammonia, toluene, and xylene from your environment.
Jade Plant (Crassula ovata)
This is the King (or Queen) of good luck plants. The ‘money tree’, as it is known in Chinese tradition, is often given as housewarming gifts, and belongs near entrances to welcome good fortune according to traditions. Their structural form (made up of coin-shaped leaves) works particularly well in modern Mediterranean interiors, where their sculptural quality echoes the restrained simplicity of whitewashed walls. Unlike more temperamental prosperity symbols, the desert native Jade Plant can thrive on neglect – perhaps a gentle reminder that true wealth doesn't always demand constant hustle – but we recommend you take care of it as you would of your thriving bank account, and give it the respect it deserves.
Fig Trees (Ficus)
From the Mediterranean to the Middle East, fig trees have symbolised abundance for millennia. In Islamic tradition, they're considered blessed – the only fruit tree mentioned by name in the Quran. Their broad, sculptural leaves make them natural focal points in contemporary living spaces, particularly those with double-height ceilings that can accommodate their reaching branches. Modern interpretations place them in oversized concrete or terrazzo planters to balance their organic form with architectural strength.
Jasmine
Beyond its intoxicating fragrance, jasmine represents love and good fortune across cultures. In Iran, it's associated with divine blessings, while in India, it's considered sacred to Lord Vishnu. The delicate white flowers bring subtle luxury to interiors, particularly when trained along minimalist trellises in contemporary courtyards. Designers increasingly incorporate jasmine into indoor-outdoor transitional spaces, where evening breezes can carry its scent throughout the home – a sensory reminder of prosperity beyond the merely visual.
Date Palm
Few plants carry as much cultural significance in the Middle East as the date palm. Beyond providing sustenance, it represents resilience, prosperity and hospitality. While full-sized palms require generous proportions, smaller varieties bring their distinctive silhouettes to modern interiors. Place them in double-height entrance halls where their architectural forms create dramatic shadows across clean-lined contemporary walls.
Eucalyptus
A good luck plant with healing vibes. With its distinctive aroma and silvery-blue leaves, eucalyptus is considered a powerful cleanser of stagnant energy in many traditions. Aboriginal Australians have long valued it as a sacred healing plant, while modern Feng Shui practitioners use it to promote wellness thanks to purifying properties and essential oils that help clear respiratory systems and reduce stress. Hang dried branches in your shower for an instant spa-like atmosphere, or place fresh stems in a tall vase to create vertical interest in contemporary interiors. The plant's soothing color palette works beautifully in neutral spaces, adding subtle texture without overwhelming carefully curated colour schemes.
Citrus Trees
From Morocco to Iran, citrus trees symbolise prosperity, fertility, and protection. Their fragrant blossoms and bright fruits bring sensory richness to minimalist interiors. Modern interpretations see dwarf varieties in sleek ceramic vessels placed strategically in sunlit corners of crisp, contemporary spaces. In traditional Arab homes reimagined for modern living, potted citrus trees reference historical courtyard gardens while adding vibrant color accents to neutral, earth-toned palettes.
ZZ Plant (Zamioculcas zamiifolia)
A legend amongst good luck plants, ZZ plant certainly delivers. This glossy-leaved plant from Eastern Africa is increasingly associated with prosperity in contemporary Feng Shui practice. Its resilience, surviving weeks without water, makes it perfect for busy professionals. The ZZ plant's architectural form and mirror-like leaves bring reflective light quality to low-light interiors, particularly effective in creating depth in smaller spaces. Its sleek silhouette complements the clean lines of contemporary furnishings without competing for attention.
Bay Laurel
Looking for good luck plants to unblock energies? Consider the noble Bay Laurel. The ancient Greeks crowned their champions with its leaves, believing it symbolized achievement and victory. In Mediterranean homes, placing this aromatic plant by the door traditionally attracts wealth and success, especially for creative and intellectual work. According to feng shui, its strong vertical growth creates upward energy flow while its glossy green leaves add sophisticated texture to contemporary interiors. Keep it in kitchen corners where it serves double duty, bringing good fortune while providing fresh leaves for your cooking.
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8 Unlucky Plants To Remove From Your Home Immediately
Contrary to popular belief, a lot of these common house plants could be attracting bad luck. If you have any of these unlucky plants in your home, remove them now or understand where you can position them to limit their negative impact. From spiky silhouettes that slice through serenity to vines that symbolically choke a room’s vitality, these botanical choices may be silently working against the harmony you’ve tried so hard to cultivate.
Yes, they're stunning to look at and have a cult-like status amongst anyone with a design eye, but did you know that Bonsai trees may actually be attracting good luck. Due to the constant pruning and manipulation and restriction of its growth, these trees hold on to resentment, negativity and radiate an air of stagnation and gloominess in the home. According to Vastu principles, placing one near an entrance, in the west or northwest can specifically be detrimental to your health.
Native to northern and western Europe, Hawthorn or May blossom largely grows on trees. However, folklore legend has it that this hedging plant can invite illness to the house so you may want to think twice before potting it for indoors. Another myth states that its flowers (depending on the energies already present in your home) can smell sweet or of decay, ironically making it a good probe on how healthy your environment is.
Thorns don’t just defend – they disrupt. Plants like roses, holly, and crown of thorns all have one thing in common: a spikiness said to invite emotional friction and spiritual unrest. Even beautifully cultivated roses can bring prickly energy that disrupts harmony. If you're attached to their aesthetic appeal, keep them distant from spaces where people gather.
Beyond being visual eyesores, dead plants symbolize decay and neglect, creating what energy healers describe as "dead zones" in your home's vital flow. Even artfully dried arrangements, whilst they offer relief for those who find plant maintenance difficult, can harbour stale energy. Regularly clear out any plant that's passed its prime to prevent accumulating energetic stagnation.
With its dramatically pointed leaves and imposing silhouette, the yucca plant creates what energy specialists call "attacking chi." These pointed leaves are thought to slice through calm, directing confrontational energy across a room. While their form is striking as architectural statements, their spear-like form is believed to pierce the harmonious bubble of any space. Position them where their sharp edges face walls rather than living areas.
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Air-purifying skills aside, the snake plant’s blade-like leaves radiate “sha chi,” or negative cutting energy. Its alternative name, “mother-in-law's tongue,” hints at its reputation for introducing sharp, cutting vibes into relationships. If you value this plant's practical benefits, position it where its pointed edges face walls rather than areas where people gather to neutralize its potentially divisive influence.
These vibrant blooms carry a shadow of misfortune alongside their beauty. Associated with sleep, death, and forgetfulness across cultures, poppies' quick wilting symbolises fleeting happiness. Their historical connection to opium adds layers of negative connotation that energy-sensitive decorators avoid. Leave these bittersweet blooms to the garden, not your living room.
Beyond its rom-com reputation, mistletoe harbours darker energy. Mistletoe is parasitic – literally and energetically, which means it drains life from host trees, and symbolically does the same in your home. Nordic mythology links it with death and betrayal, while its toxic berries add literal danger to its metaphorical threat. When the holidays come around, choose artificial alternatives to ensure mistletoe's historical bad luck doesn’t ruin festivities.
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