Floral Media - Houseplant of the Month - Peace Lily

Houseplant of the Month the month of June is the Peace Lily.

Every month the Flower Council of Holland in collaboration with people from the horticultural sector chooses a plant that does well as a houseplant and is well liked by the public.

Here are some facts about the Peace Lily:

• The Peace Lily comes from the rainforests in South America.
• It loves a damp, moist atmosphere .
• The Peace Lily comes in different sizes - from mini to extra-large.

• The Peace Lily doesn't like a dry atmosphere - brown points on the leaves means the air is too dry.
• The Peace Lily grows happily in a bathroom.
• Keep the Peace Lily outside in a sheltered out of the sun position during the summer. 

• The white spathes are not the flowers, the flowers of the Peace Lily are tiny and are found on the pointed spadix.
• Peace Lilies represents peace - the white flower is the symbol of the white flag.
• It's a plant that is known for its air purifying characteristic.

• Keep the plant in a light position but not in direct sunlight.
• It likes regular lukewarm water with added plant food during the growing season.
• Don't let the root ball dry out.
• Regularly spray the leaves with lukewarm water. 

• Remove any dead flowers.
• Leave the plant to rest during the winter in a cool but light position and it will flower year after year.

Here is a fun little video showing how to make a living wall using Peace Lilies.

Here are two links to The Joy of Plants - Funny How Plants Do That - the UK branch of The Flower Council of Holland.

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Have a Happy Floral Monday!

I will see you later in the week.

~ xoxo ~

Ingrid

[Images provided by The Flower Council of Holland.]