Explore the amazing metaphysical, healing and wellbeing benefits of plants, trees, herbs and flowers in our A-Z guide.
Click on the letters below to browse meanings and symbolism.
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ACACIA TREE | Rest, Respite, Time to Think, Reflection, Meditation, Hidden Secrets Revealed.
ALDER TREE | Tree of Fae Folk, Magical, Mystical, Higher Vibrations, Creativity.
ALOE (Aloe vera) | Protects against evil spirits and mishaps at home.
APPLE TREE | New Beginnings, Youth, Health.
ASPEN TREE | Self Expression, Freedom, Creativity, Independence, Autonomy, Self-Love, Acceptance.
ASH TREE | Sensitivity, Intuition, Higher Awareness, Rebirth. Ash carries the qualities of ambition, trustworthiness, faithfulness. Ash is peace of mind and promotes good health. Ash carries the qualities of ambition, trustworthiness, faithfulness. Ash is peace of mind and promotes good health.
AVOCADO TREE | Nourishment, Fulfilment, Fullness, Enrichment, Sustaining.
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BALSAM TREE () | Healing, Generosity, Giving, Helping, Holistic Wellness/Wholeness.
BAMBOO TREE () | Flexibility, Rebirth, Freedom.
BANANA TREE () | Abundance, Fertility, Prosperity, Respite, Joy.
BASIL (Ocimum basilicum) | Useful in love spells.
BASIL TREE () | Banish Negativity, Protection.
BAY LAUREL TREE () | Protection.
BEECH TREE () | Tolerance, Patience, Tranquility, and Meditation/Relaxation. Beech wood holds the power of the creative. It is also about leadership and companionship. Beech holds the power of the creative. It is also about leadership and companionship.
BIRCH TREE () | New Beginnings, Multifaceted, Layers. Birch gives the essence of truth. It is considered the 'giving tree'.
BLACKBERRY (Rubus) | Ensures good health and wards off evil spirits; also helps manifest money and success.
BLACKBERRY TREE | Money.
BLACK COHOSH (Actaea racemosa) | Use in love spells; Promotes Self-esteem, Self-reliance, and Self-assurance.
BLUBERRY TREE | Antioxidant, Memory.
BLUE SPRUCE TREE | Winter Solstice^, Yule^, Christmas Celebrations^, Giving, Generosity, Spiritual Peace and Fulfillment.
BONSAI TREE | Harmony, Peace, Balance, De-cluttering Mind, Calms Thoughts and Spirit, Patience.
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CATNIP (Nepeta cataria) | Love, Courage, Happiness; Attracts peace and positive energy. Place catnip on your nightstand with rose quartz.
CHAMOMILE (Matricaria chamomilla) | Brings money into your life and draws abundance in other areas of your life as well. Can also remove negative energies by soaking in it.
COWSLIP (Primula veris) | Youth; Rustic; Used in healing meditations and spells.
CEDAR TREE () | Cleansing, Healing, Depth, Reflection, Protection. Cedar symbolizes strength and has been used for healing, purification, and spiritual protection for centuries. The word Cedar comes from the Hebrew ‘qatar’ meaning to smudge. Used in purification and cleansing rituals, in incense it is used to fortify personal strength and for stability in times of challenge or struggle. Cedar’s spiritual properties are supposed to promote peaceful thoughts and help interpret messages from the inner self.
CHAMOMILE () | Gambling Luck, Marriage Proposal.
CHERRY TREE () | Love and Romance, Spiritual Awakenings, Good Fortune. Cherry is imbued with the powers of making and doing, achievement, and self-assertion over obstacles and critics. It is the pure energy of will and desire. The cherry fruit is magically linked to the root chakra and so to sex and birth: the life force of attraction and renewal.
CHESTNUT TREE () | Attune to Nature, Ancient Wisdom/Guidance, Long Life, Strength, Resilience.
CLOVE () | Banish Negativity, Friendship
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COCONUT TREE () | Challenge, Strong, Resistance, Protective, Shield, Nourishment, Fortitude, Inner Treasure.
COPAIBA TREE () | Beauty, Vigor, Vitality, Self Esteem, Positivity.
CRAB APPLE TREE | Potential, Limitless, Magic, Joy, Fairy Magic.
CYPRESS TREE | Understanding, Change in Direction, New Paths, Spiritual Openness, and Elevation.
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DANDELION | Clairvoyance, Purification.
DOGWOOD | Unexpected Events Coming, Joy, Elation, Dependable, Solid.
DRAGON'S BLOOD | Love, Protection, Money Luck, Hex and curse removal.
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ELM TREE | Intuition, Inner Strength.
EUCALYPTUS TREE | Abundance, Seeing Ahead, Meeting and Obtaining Goals. Eucalyptus is one of the strongest healing woods known. It has been used for medicines for centuries as well as for ritual items pertaining to healing. The energy of this wood is good and pure, clean like the earth from which it is born. This wood is highly recommended for any purpose combating illness or promoting good health.
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FENNEL (Foeniculum vulgare) | Protects against dark energies; usually hung in windows and doorways or grown in the yard.
FIG TREE | Dreams, Creativity, Innovation, Aspirations, New Starts, Hope, Future, Truths.
FIR TREE | Springtime, Symbol of Spring, Immortality, Regrowth, Rebirth.
FOXGLOVE | Heighten sexuality.
FRANKINCENSE | Exorcism, Purification, Spirituality, Protection.
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GINGER | Love, Success, Power, Money
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HAZEL TREE | Wisdom, Divine Insights and Depth, Cleansing, Healing
HAWTHORNE TREE | Fertility, Entering Magical Fairy Realms, Mysterious, Unknown.
HEATHER TREE | Immortality, Inner Healing, Spiritual Rites and Passage.
HOLLY TREE | Protection, Winter Solstice, Harmony, and Inner Peace.
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IRIS | The iris has a distinctive shape and petals that are arranged in a fleur-de-lis pattern. While some petals gracefully descend, others ascend. The flower is known for its flawless beauty, attractive colours, and different varieties. They are considered as a representation of wisdom, elegance, faith, and royal happenings in life. Irises also signify charm, purity, ecstasy, and compassion.
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JAPANESE MAPLE | Peaceful, Blessings.
JASMINE FLOWER | Love, Psychic abilities and divination, Money.
JUNIPER TREE | Psychic abilities and divination, Protection, Attract Love, Truth to Self, Inner Reflection and Wisdom, Great Journey, Integrity, Dignity, Strength, Healing, Peace, Love, Good Health, Banishing anything injurious to health, Fire Element, Symbol of Longevity. In the language of flowers Juniper symbolizes perfect loveliness.
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KIWI TREE () | Good Fortune, Blessings, Prosperity, Nature, Pure, Goodness, Unique, Unexplained.
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LAUREL TREE | Ancient Victory and Ambition Symbol, Unifying, Courage.
LAVENDER (Lavandula) | Beauty; Love; Attract Spirits; Protection; Money; Useful in love spells. Use lavender oil on your clothes or skin to attract someone into your life.
LEMON VERBENA | Send away an unwanted lover, Hex and curse removal.
LEMON TREE | Cleansing, Clearing, Grounding, Freshness, Healing.
LILAC TREE | Honesty, New Beginnings, Spiritual Truth, Self Knowledge, Healing, Hope, Peace.
LILY OF THE VALLEY | Knowledge.
LIME TREE | Eternal, Attraction, Lovers, Romance, Connection, Rekindle.
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MAGNOLIA TREE | Long Lasting, Sweet, Dear, Tender-hearted, Loving, Close, Caring.
MAHOGANY | Spiritual growth and guidance are Mahogany's primary properties. It is an excellent wood for emotional and spiritual healing.
MANGO TREE | A sustainable wood cultivated as a fruit tree, mango trees grow to maturity quickly and farmers plant new trees every 7 to 15 years before trees become barren (fruitless). Mango leaves, wood and resin have been used for medicinal purposes and in Ayurvedic medicines for many years.
MAPLE TREE | Balance, Promise, Wisdom. Maple is somewhat rebellious and tough. It holds the qualities of creation, communication, binding, revolution, rebirth, healing, beauty, art, and abundance. Full of imagination and originality. Maple is a traveller's wood. Those who are always on the move and changing will feel right at home with this type of energy. It enhances intellectual pursuits and learning. Maple is the tree of offering, giving of oneself so that others may benefit.
MARIGOLD (Tagetes) | Psychic abilities and divination, Marriage. Protects from negative energies and unwanted visitors; plant around the garden or keep inside your home.
MARJORAM | Protection; protects from unwanted energies.
MINT (Mentha) Attracts success; protects from unwanted energies; draws positive spirits when used in a meditation or spell. Speed up results, draws positive spirits when used in a meditation or spell.
MUGWORT | Psychic abilities and divination, Protection.
MYRRH | Purification, Spirituality, Protection.
MYRTLE TREE | Marriage, True, Everlasting, Together, Union, Nostalgic, Truth.
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NETTLE (Urtica dioica) | Removes negative energies; also used in healing.
NUTMEG | Love, Fertility, Gambling Luck, Luck.
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OAK TREE | Oak is one of the most sacred trees. It carries the energy of kingship and wise rule, personal sovereignty, authority, power, protection, sealing or opening doors, endurance, and invocation of wisdom, fertility, and abundance. Oak teaches us strength of character and how to keep our bodies strong and healthy. Represents Power, Might, and Courage.
OLIVE TREE | Peace, Friendship, Repair, Restore, Compromise, Victory, Strength. Olive offers insight, inspiration, and aids communication.
ORANGE TREE | Generosity, Welcomes, Invites, Friends, Connections, Hospitality.
ORRIS ROOT | Psychic abilities and divination, Attract opposite sex.
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Palm Tree | Peace, Flexibility, Strong but Tender, Meek Not Weak.
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PATCHOULI |Breaking a spell, Defeating enemies, Money, Bring back lost love.
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PEPPERMINT | Love, Purification, Psychic abilities and divination, Protection
PETRIFIED WOOD | Provides strength and grounding. Wood is associated with good spirits. Petrified Wood helps to eliminate worry about things that you cannot change and aids in coping in a crisis and assuring positive outcomes. Used in meditation it provides access to past lives.
PINE TREE | Purification, Protection, Eternal Life, Christmas Celebrations, Newness, Peace, Serenity, Joy. Pine is the tree of peace.
PINEAPPLE TREE | Hospitality, Welcomes, Unifying, Caring.
PLUM TREE | Worth the Wait, Bitter but Sweet to Come, Nurture, Care, Take Care.
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REDWOOD TREE () | Forever, Eternal, Lasting, Ancient Wisdom/Whispers.
ROSEMARY () | Love, Keep a lover faithful, Wisdom, Purification, Exorcism, Protection.
ROSE (Rosa) | Popular for love spells; Love, Happiness; Attracts peace and wellbeing.
ROSEWOOD (Dysoxylum fraserianum) | Compassionate and loving heart qualities. The energy of rosewood is primarily feminine, and focused on spiritual, intuitive health and beauty. It is spiritual and nourishing. Rosewood is especially effective in spiritual healing. In matters dealing with beauty, rosewood can be very effective. Carried or worn as a charm, it will enhance female beauty and feminine grace. Frivolous energies will not be enhanced by this wood.
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RUE TREE (Ruta graveolens) | Willpower, Attract true love.
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SAGE () | Purification, Wisdom, Protection
SANDALWOOD () | Healing, Exorcism, Spirituality
SHEA TREE () | Nobility, Generosity, Peace.
SPRUCE TREE () | Healing; Spruce tree spirit holds great knowledge about healing, especially in relation to the metaphysical causes of disease. Its spirit is gentle. It is not unusual for those attuned to the spirit of spruce to find that an increase in animals within that environment follows.
ST JOHN'S WORT () | Healing, Love, Courage, Psychic abilities and divination, Happiness.
STARFRUIT TREE () | Beauty Inside, Spirituality and Healing Energy, Removes Negativity.
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THYME () | Healing, Love, Cleansing, Beauty, Courage, Purification, Psychic abilities and divination, Protection.
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VERVAIN () | Purification, Prosperity, Gaining Love.
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WALNUT TREE | Mystical, Wisdom, Knowledge, Protection, Hard but Tender Inside; Walnut teaches us clarity and focus; Using mental gifts wisely; How to best use our intelligence.
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WILLOW TREE | Inner Vision, Dreams, Sight, Learning from Past, Reflection, Contemplation. Willow is a tree of emotion, love, intuition, and poetic inspiration.
WISTERIA | Romance, Mysterious, Enigma.
WOOD | Wood is a remarkable gift from nature and in nearly every culture throughout history has attributed magic properties to wood. All wood has specific magic properties, unique to each species and variety. Spiritually nourishing, Wood has a pure energy and is often associated with life, knowledge and good spirits.
WORMWOOD | Repelling black magic, Psychic abilities and divination, Hex and curse removal.
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YARROW | Love, Love Binding, Psychic abilities and divination.
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