Whether you believe in good luck or that we make our own, it never hurts to have two plants associated with good fortune around you: lucky bamboo and money tree.
Happily, you can find lucky bamboo in all shapes and sizes, from minis just a few inches tall to large, dramatic specimens woven into intricate designs. No matter what form your lucky bamboo is in, the care for this easy-growing plant is the same. Give lucky bamboo some light (though keep it out of too much direct sun) and ensure the container it's growing in has plenty of moisture in it. If you want your lucky bamboo to grow large and leafy, you can fertilize periodically with a fertilizer for aquatic plants (often available at pet stores in the aquarium section).
The name lucky bamboo is a bit of a misnomer; it's not a true bamboo. Instead, it's a type of Dracaena and is more closely related to corn plant (the houseplant), annual spikes (sold in planters with geraniums and other flowers in spring), and dragon tree. It is, however, considered lucky as it brings the elements together: wood (the plant's stem); water (the water it grows in); earth (the rocks that support it); fire (the red ribbon often sold with it); and metal (the container it's in).
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