Peace Lily

Peace lillies, or spathipyllum to give them their much less attractive name, first came into my life when I visited New Zealand for the first time. These plants grow in NZ with pretty much uncontrolled abandon, the southern hemisphere bluebell equivalent if you would, on a larger, much much larger scale. The plants themselves have very deep green flat leaves that are typically up to 15" long. The white flowers stand on a very long thin deep green stalk well clear of the leaves and are oval shaped with the stamen standing infront of the single petal. A truly breathtaking sight in their natural habitat. My love for these plants came about as a ...  Read the complete review

I myself have two relatively new and young peace lillies. One I bought from Wyevale garden centre, and it cost me £4.99. However the next day I was in our local Morrissons and it a similar size plant was just £1.99! Im amazed that there can be such a huge difference in price, but theres a lesson learnt in there somewhere. Now the plants themselves have very shiny leaves, in a very bright green. There are tear drop shaped leafs with a waivering edge. The flowers are truly beautiful in their simplicity, which probably explains why I like them. One large petal, almost like a half shell guards a small cob shaped bud with small ...  Read the complete review

I?m not a huge plant expert so bear with me. I acquired this plant purely because I had grown a small fascination with them and I wanted something to look after. Doing a little bit more research on it I?m sure you?ll be fascinated by this plant yourself. One of the things that drew me to this particular plant, other than its beauty, was its ability to cleanse the air around you. This lily can absorb potentially harmful chemicals from the air such as stuff found in paints, cleaning fluids, varnishes, and smoke and fumes from cars and cigarettes so this plant will be great if you live in big cities and air conditioning is giving ...  Read the complete review

Mother's day is just around the corner..I usually buy my mum a bunch of flowers, but this year I'm branching out and buying her a plant. Flowers die after a while, but hopefully if I buy her a plant it will last a little longer, and every time she looks at it she will think of me (Not a nice thought) Joking. I bought myself a peace lily a couple of years ago and it has always brightened up a small part of my lounge, whether it is in flower or just displaying its beautiful lush green leaves. So a peace lily it is for my mum on mother's day. This plant is a tropical evergreen perennial. The long shaped dark green leaves ...  Read the complete review

You need to remember that I was a child of the sixties. You must have read about it, rock and roll, marijuana with breakfast, dinner and tea, free love, flower power and oh yes never forget ‘peace man! Now are you conjuring up an image of my youth? Okay now you’ve got it, forget the lot apart from the peace bit. I was what you might term an observer, people around me may have been smoking goodness knows what but not me (when it’s legal maybe) and as for the free love well I played pretty safe and that’s all I’m saying! But oh how I liked the whole idea of peace and that part of me has never changed. No, I haven’t ...  Read the complete review