Ask the Expert: Can I plant Peace Lilies in the yard?
My mother pasted away in january and she recieved four Peace Lilies and I would like to plant them at her grave site. I wanted to know if they would be ok?  Rebecca

Reply:

Rebecca

I’m sorry for your loss.  Although Spathiphyllum (Peace Lilies) would be lovely around her grave site, these plants are tropical and can’t survive cold temperatures.  Unless you live in certain areas of Hawaii or Florida, you need to keep these peace lilies as houseplants.  You can use them as outdoor plants during the warmer months.

Ask the Expert: My outdoor peace lilies’ leaves are being eaten
my outdoor peace lilies are in the shade in front of my house and grow beautifully but something keeps eating their leaves down to the stem – they look as if chunks are cut out of them.  any ideas as to what could be feasting on them and how to get rid of it???

Ask The Expert: MY OFFICE HAS HAD A PEACE LILLY PLANT FOR QUITE SOME TIME..MY BOSS HAS NURTURED AND CARED FOR THIS PLANT FOR LONGER THAN I HAVE WORKED HERE. HE FEEDS IT COFFEE AND OVERNIGHT SODA EVERYONCE IN A WHILE…WELL I THOUGHT IT TIME TO REPOT THE PLANT..AND OF COURSE IN MY VISION OF WANTING MORE GLORIOUS PEACE LILLIES..I NOW HAVE WILTING SAD PISSED OFF LILLIES..IT HAS BEEN ABOUT MONTH SINCE I TOOK THE ONCE THRIVING PLANT AND SEPARATED IT TO REPOT IN NEW MIRACLEGRO SOIL..ONE I KNOW THEY\’RE ALL PROBABLY IN SHOCK..BUT WHAT CAN I DO??BESIDE NEVER TOUCH THEM WITH MY OWN TWO HANDS EVER AGAIN?! PLEASE HELP!  Marie

Ask The Expert: My neighbor just gave my a peace lily from his wifes funeral. It has beautiful white flowers on it, but some of them the edges of the flower is turning brown. He had it outside for a little bit and then moved it to the garage. He said things have been very busy and he didn’t water it like he should. Could that be the problem? The leaves are not brown just the flower.

Ask the Expert: Yellowing leaves

I have a large peace lily that has yellowing leaves, it gets misted once a week and gets early morning sun. I transplanted it last fall and it was doing well until recently. I water every 4th day. The entire plant is now looking very yellow and I’m afraid there is something else going on can you help?

Ask the Expert: 10 year old Peace Lily w/issues…HELP!

I noticed that a lot of people received their Peace Lily due to the passing of a loved one and I am no different. Needless to say this plant is very special to me as it was received for my Mother’s passing back in 1999. At that time I lived in Indiana. Real cold winters and fairly humid springs/summers. The plant THRIVED! If it looked a little droopy all I had to do was water it and BOOM, up came the leaves. They bounced right back. I would sometimes get upset with the blooms when they would start to fade and drop all of the white “dust” stuff all over. Now I wish that were the case. I watered faithfully once a week sometimes a little in between, it was in my office so it had bright but indirect sunlight. I re-potted because it simply grew too large. I am now in Arizona. (Severe climate shock for me too by the way! :-) I still water once a week. Then I thought since the humidty level here is almost non-existent (10% on a good humid day…wow) I would check it more often between regular watering. If dry..water and so on. It is in very bright indirect sunlight and I do not think it needs re-potted and since it looks so bad I don’t know if now would be a good time to try that anyway. I haven’t seen flowers since just after relocating. (It was in bloom when we got here and then had one more bloom) It has been almost 2 years. It has stopped growing. You can see where there are new sprouts but before some of them even make it to the leaf stage they die off. They go from a healthy looking green and about 1/2 inch later they turn brown and look “dried up” Some make it to leaves and are green and shiny some of those start turning brown at the tips some don’t. I read through all of the posts and gathered some great tips but I am confused about which issue to tackle first or just do all at once. Obvioulsy the biggest change is climate but I really do check the soil regulaly and make sure it has good light etc. Is there something I might be missing? I have never fertilized the lily since I got it in 1999. It never seemed to need it. Should I now and if so how? Could starting that now after so long without make it worse? I will take any advice you can give! I just want my “Richie” back (yes, I named it…I’m weird.) Thank you soo much! Kathy

Ask the Expert: Peace Lily brown/black leaves

We received a beautiful large peace lily as a gift when moving into our new offices. It has been going downhill and I’ve been trying to save it. Leaves turning brown/black. I trim them off. I repotted the plant. The roots seemed to be OK. I did purchase a clay pot with drain holes so used about 3″ of rock in the bottom of the pot. Will this work?

I now have more stems that were cut off than I have stems with leaves. The leaves continue to turn brown/black and I keep cutting them off. I have gotten two blooms since repotting, but they do not last very long.

Any suggestions? Ellen