The best indoor plants can add just the right amount of intrigue, color, and life into your home, but what about health and wealth too? Cultivating your interior garden can also happen by way of feng shui—not that we’re lacking in excuses to buy plants.

A quick primer on feng shui: Derived from one of the oldest known Chinese texts, feng shui charts the balance of energy, or chi, via scientific calculations. The end goal of feng shui is to invite positive chi into your home so that your life feels both energized and balanced. Now while we have no mastery of the Chinese practice, and the calculations really depend on your exact space, there are overarching rules. Turns out that positioning certain plants can bring good feelings and luck and banish negative vibes. Here, we have a basic primer for which plants will help you find your ideal chi and where they can be best positioned.

Counteract negative energy

Placing a plant within three feet of your computer to filter electromagnetic energy is a terrific way to start with combatting negative energy. Plants radiate harmonious energy simply by being living things. If you’ve ever wondered why plant-filled spaces bring you joy, this might have something to do with it.

Plants That Help

Aloe Vera: This succulent plant combats bad luck and negative energy and is known for cleaning air and reducing toxic chemicals.

Jasmine: In store for some positive romantic feelings? This fragrant, flowering plant helps strengthen relationships, and build romance, and the scent can help soothe a stressed mind. Experts recommend keeping jasmine near a south-facing window.

Bamboo: Lucky bamboo is a big plant for feng shui enthusiasts. It brings a very peaceful and wise energy into your home and since it is easy to grow and doesn’t require a lot of sunlight, it showcases a great amount of flexibility.

Philodendron: With its heart-shaped leaves, this plant represents the fire element and can add emotion to a dim or cold part or your space.

Calatheas: This highly decorative plant is meant to be appreciated, looked at, and used for decoration. Even better, the Calatheas plant is known to purify the air and promote a better indoor environment.

Jade: In feng shui, this plant is also known as the money tree because the round leaves symbolize good fortune (this can come in the form of money, health, or fame). Get a jade plant to boost good finance vibes and for those soft, plump leaves.

Banana Leaf Plant: Unless you live in the tropics or your home is a greenhouse, you probably won’t harvest any fruit from your banana tree, but that doesn’t mean these plants are easy to grow indoors. With plenty of attention, fertilizer, and water, you can grow a large stunner.

Pothos: This plant, also called devil’s ivy, is good for attracting and easily collecting stagnant and dead energy. It’s one of the easiest houseplants to grow, even if you are a forgetful waterer. Also, the trailing vine plant is also a great air purifier.

Peace lily: An easy guess from the name, this plant improves the flow of positive energy with its ability to neutralize harmful indoor gases. These elegant plants flourish best in dark environments where there is minimal light.

Air plant: Feng shui translates to “wind and water,” so it’s no surprise that an air plant is a perfect representation of those two elements combined. All these plants need are a little soak of water, so you can place them on a shelf or in a nook—no dirt necessary.