The peace lily, Spathiphyllum wallisii, is a popular house plant for a number of reasons. Not only is it a beautiful addition to your home but it’s also very easy to look after. It copes well in low light, and will recover well if it misses a watering. If short of water, the leaves will droop, but these will usually recover in a few hours after watering. Another reason for its popularity is that, according to the principles of Feng Shui, it can bring harmony to a space and boost positive feelings. It is also known for its air cleaning properties.
If you do spend a little more time caring for this house plant, you’ll be rewarded with year-round blooms. The flowers are incredibly small and round, and can be found all around the centre of each inflorescence, with the ornamental hooded white bract surrounding them. Once the long-lasting flowers have gone over, remove each from the base. A house plant feed every six weeks will encourage new growth.
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Peace lily styling inspiration
Enviable interiors from eclecticlittlebirdiellc who has added a peace lily to this beautiful table in an awkward spot in her home.
Let’s keep our fingers crossed for donnica.anelia, who doesn’t have the best track record at keeping plants alive. Hopefully this peace lily will be a success.
Impressive flowers are being produced by thewildgardeners111’s peace lily. This photo offers a great chance to admire the intricate round flowers sheltered by the larger ornamental white bract.
Another close up of the peace lily’s unusual flowers, this time from gardeneriddler.
Top peace lily tips from cycleofplant, the most common reason that a peace lily will die is from overwatering, it’s often better to wait until it shows signs of wilting as it will soon bounce back.
A peace lily makes the perfect addition to theselftaughtcreative’s headboard. It’s a great choice for the bedroom with its air cleaning properties.
This looks like the perfect spot to curl up with the latest copy of BBC Gardeners’ World magazine, the peace lily is just one of many well cared for house plants that surrounds herplantjournal’s self-titled “Plant throne”.
Another home with a flourishing house plant collection, terrarihomes proudly shares their variegated peace lily.
The choice of pots really adds to the impact of this peace lily and snake plant in the home, they look very well cared for by Iv.plant.addict.
