(picture from "Houseplants and their Benefits"
http://www.squidoo.com/healthy-houseplants#module13479529
"Did You Know?"
Peace Lily plants do more than just pull double duty as lovely house plants - they're beautiful in full bloom AND plain with their dark green leaves, but they also act as an...
air purifier in your home, to absorb and even prevent mold spores, so a great place for them to live is in the bathroom (according to this site:)
air purifier in your home, to absorb and even prevent mold spores, so a great place for them to live is in the bathroom (according to this site:)
I recently purchased a peace lily (sorry no pic!) SEE UPDATED PIC to place at the church altar in honor of some very special ladies I know! ;) Afterwards, I put it in my office. Then while I was on vacation during July 4th, it wasn't watered for an entire week. I thought it was a gone-er when I went back to work, but after a trimming of dead leaves and flowers (thus the reason for no pic) SEE UPDATED PIC, plus a good dousing of water, it sprang back to life. I'll be buying a few more of these plants, plus a few more plants referenced in this site, like Gerber Daisies, Rubber Plants, and many others.
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THESE PLANTS ARE TOUGH!
HERE'S MY PEACE LILY, AFTER A
3-DAY RE-HYDRATION PERIOD.
LIKE NEW! I'LL TELL YOU, THE
LEAVES WERE FLAT AS A PANCAKE
(BUT NOT BROWN - 'CAUSE BROWN= DEAD)
SO IF YOU HAVE ONE, DON'T GIVE UP ON IT!
WATER IT WELL AND PLACE NEAR A SUNNY WINDOW :)
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ReplyDeleteI don't do well with houseplants. It is a pretty plant though. I do have a African Violet that I've not killed yet.LOL
Hi Jennifer! so glad you can keep an A.V. going - I've tried several with no luck. I'm not a real green thumb, but the peace lily will live happily in a very sunny room, near a window. Thanks for coming by to comment.
DeleteI didn't know that! Thanks for the tip! I actually am terrible with plants. It's not a matter of if I will kill them, it's when I will kill them. I still have one alive in my home from my FIL's funeral in April. I'm really proud of myself. :)
ReplyDeleteHave a great rest of the week!
Tammy
Hey Tammy! I have 2 plants that live in my M. Bath - an ivy for about 11yrs now, and oddly enough, a Christmas cactus :) that's the only well lit window in my house where they won't get turned over by anybody Ha! Thanks for popping over for a visit!
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