According to Sthapatya Ved it is Imperative to know about
various valuable effects to the environment given out by various types of
trees, plants, shrubs and herbs etc. This has been studied methodically and
their effects to human physiology have been stated. This should be used in
planning a garden around a home and planting trees around a township and public
gardens.
As per standard norms of Vastu every house must have an
open area and a garden depending on the size of the house.Northwest is an ideal
direction for a garden in a house. However Northeast
may also be utilized for maintaining Herbarium and very small plants and
foliage.
Plants & trees play vital
role in creating healthy environment. They purify and revitalise the air, which
we breathe, by removing harmful gases. Plants also help in absorbing
significant amount of harmful radiations as researched by NASA in U. S. A. We
need planting of more plants and trees to save the green house effect.
Our world is facing the crisis of
global warming. We must save the planet earth.Global Warming, increase
In the average temperature of the
atmosphere,oceans,and land masses of earth.The Planethas warmed(and cooled)
many times during the 4.65 billion years
of its history. At present Earth appears to be facing a rapid warming
,which most scientists believeresults, at least in part, from human activities.
The chief cause of this warming is thought to be the burning of fossil fuels,
Such as coal,oil,and natural gas,
which releases into the atmosphere carbon dioxide and other substances known as
green house gases.As the atmosphere becomes richer in these gases,it becomes a
better insulator,retaining more of the heat provided to the planet by the sun.
Vastu guides us for the plantation of
different species of plants in different directions of land / building to
achieve maximum benefits. It also guides about the harmful plants, which should
be avoided.
Neither tall nor short trees should be grown in the north,
northeast, or east. Tall trees in those directions prevent the organic in flow
of auspicious energies and the highly beneficial rays of the morning sunshine.
An equal spread of tall and short trees in the west, southwest and south is
very auspicious because they help block negative influence from those
directions.
Plants that are recommended should be living, fresh and
having broader and larger leaves. Dried plants and flowers should be avoided.
Thorny plants and milky trees should better be avoided. Rose plants and
colorful orchids are exceptions. While rose plants may be kept anywhere orchids
should be kept only in the garden outside the home.
Trees are beneficial all round but avoid having a tree
directly in front of the main entrance of the house.Trees that cast shadows on your
house between 9 am 3 pm are
in auspicious and should be avoided. as much as possible.
According to Vastu Thorny plants (with the exception of
roses or cactuses) have a negative influence and should not be planted on the
house plot. Climbing plants should not be grown on the northern and eastern
compound walls, they should be restricted to the garden. In your garden area,
flowers are best situated in the west, northwest and east but not in the
southwest, southeast, or northeast corners.
Some of the examples of the plants useful for indoor and
outdoor garden are:
RECCOMMENDED TREES AND PLANTS:
Indoor Plants
Golap, Champa, Kund, Chameli, Bela, Ketki, Jaba, Karni,
Badri, Madhup and Tulsi.
Outdoor Plants
Amlaki, Champak, Bel, Asoka, Punnag, Mango, Bedana, Dalim,
Bakul, Gulmohor, Shaal, Taal, Mahua, Kadali, Chandan, Vat, Ashwath, Sami,
Tetul, Kadamb, Nimb, Dumur, Karpur, Aguru, Nagalata.
PROHIBITED TREES & PLANTS:
1. Milky Plants: The
plants, which secrete milk when any part is plucked. Such plants bring
financial loss. These are Mahua, Peepal, Burgad etc. Exceptional plants are
Champa, Kewra etc.
2. Thorny Plants: Plants having thorns brings enemity in the house.
Such plants are Acacia (Babul), Khair, Plum
(Ber), Silk cotton (Semal), Pakad, Gooler etc. Exceptional thorny plants are
Rose, Jati etc.
DIRECTIONAL PLACEMENT OF PLANTS:
Some plants are auspicious and inauspicious in particular
direction, as given in the table:
DIRECTION
|
AUSPICIOUS
|
INAUSPICIOUS
|
|
EAST
|
BARGAD,
BAMBOO
|
PEEPAL,
BIG TREES
|
|
BETWEEN
EAST & SOUTH-EAST
|
PANAS,
MANGO
|
PEEPAL,
GOOLER
|
|
SOUTH-EAST
|
POMEGRANADES
|
RED
FLOWERING PLANTS GOOLER, BARGAD, PEEPAL, SEMAL
|
|
SOUTH
|
MAULSIRI,
ROSE, GOOLER
|
PAKAD
|
|
BETWEEN
SOUTH & SOUTH-WEST
|
BLACK
BERRY
(JAMUN)
|
KADAM
|
|
SOUTH-WEST
|
TAMARIND
|
MILKY
PLANTS, PAKAD, VAT
|
|
WEST
|
KHAIR,
PEEPAL
|
VAT
|
|
NORTH-WEST
|
BEL
|
THORNY
PLANTS, VAT, GOOLER
|
|
NORTH
|
SHAMI,
PAKAD, KAITH
|
GOOLER
& BIG TREES
|
|
NORTH-EAST
|
ANWLA
|
JAMUN
& BIG TREES
|
Our ancestors have
studied a lot and they have recommended certain specific plants and trees for
particular directions as per the directionology and climetology.Basically nine
important points of soil and earth should be considered for planting
bushes,plants,foliage and trees.
1. Shape 5. Hardness
2. Color 6. Density
3. Odour 7. Porousness
4 .Taste 8. Level
Every Plant has a specific Vibration which comes in
coherence with the vibration of subject-plots,so it is
recommended that plants and trees
should be rooted as per following guide lines.
North-west North North-east
|
West
|
Coherent Plants:
Bel
Incoherent Plants:
Thorny Plants
|
Coherent Plants:
Pakad, Tulsi,Lotus
Incoherent Plants:
Goolar,Banana
|
Coherent Plants:
Amla,Medicinal Plants
Tulsi,
Incoherent Plants:
Banana,Bamboo
|
East
|
|
Coherent Plants:
Peepal
Incoherent Plants:
Mango,Banyan
|
Tulsi
manch
|
Coherent Plants:
Banana,Banyan
Inoherent Plants:
Peepal
|
|
Coherent Plants:
Imli
Incoherent Plants:
Kadamba,
|
Coherent Plants:
Goolar
Incoherent Plants:
Pakad,Mango,
|
Coherent Plants:
Anar
Incoherent Plants:
Thorns,Pakad,
Milking Plants.
|
South-west South South-east
In City life owning a garden has become a super luxary.For
people living in multi-storied society the central garden is the recourse where
as people living in flat may opt for terrace garden.In metro cities terrace
garden is always welcome but it should not be in South West.South East Terrace
garden is tolerable but North West and North East terrace garden are the best for morning Sunlight. as well as
infrared rays.
Please find list of
foliage house plants recommended for terrace garden
Croton,Fern,Coleus,Jade
plants,Dieffenbachia,Dracaena,Aralia,Ivy,Monestera,Son of India pleomele
Peacock Plant(Calathea makoyana),Striped inch plant(Callisia
elegans),Tufted Fishtail Palm(Caryota Mitis),Old-Man Cactus,Rosary vine(Ceropegia
woodii),Parlor Palm(Chamaedorea elegans).
In fact Plants and trees are used for vastu rectification in
many cases.For instance a flat is having vastu defect on the northern side may
be rectified by placing large leaf living
green plant.This is due to reason that plants strengthen Mercury’s
influence and contribute a healthy breathing quality to the air. Since Mercury
is the ruling planet of the north, plants strengthen a weak north and further
enhance an already good north.
