Dedicating part of our time to gardening inevitably brings us into closer contact with nature and allows us to gain positive and mood-improving benefits. In fact, looking at balconies and windows with well-kept plants and flowers often evokes positive feelings admiring their beauty.
Plants in the home make environments more welcoming and decorate rooms; according to Feng Shui principles, some plants, particularly those with large leaves, not only purify the air from pollution but also help improve the flow of vital energy.
The Peony is among the most appreciated flowers, considered the queen of flowers by the Chinese. It is a Yang flower (masculine principle), bringing optimism and, in its beauty and delicacy, harmonizes with the feminine principle (Yin).
12 curiosities about the meanings of some plants
- Peach and jasmine = Friendship
- Rose and wisteria = Beauty
- Geranium = Determination
- Cherry and pomegranate = Fertility
- Bamboo = Luck
- Hibiscus and lily = Generosity
- Pine = Longevity
- Peony = Wealth
- Acacia = Stability
- Hydrangea = Success
- Juniper = Tolerance
- Forsythia, Gardenia, Orchid = Vigour
The Milano San Felice residential neighborhood, in Segrate, is a green oasis located only 3 km east of Milano; a residential complex on an area of 600,000 square meters of which 423,000 square meters are dedicated to gardens where over the years more than 3,000 plants have been planted in addition to about 2,500 bushes and shrubs.
Some trees such as the Canadian Poplars still existed at the time of the Cascina Milano San Felice, even before the first houses were built.
