Why are my Peace Liliy's flowers turning brown? - Knowledgebase Question

Seed Starting
US
Question by westbrooksfn
June 6, 2007
I just bought a nice, small Peace Lily about aweek ago. I did not repot it yet because it didn't seem necessary to do so. The plant looks great and there are a bunch of new flowers beginning to bloom but the mature flowers are turning brown already. Can you please explain this and offer any advise to keep the flowers white? Also should I ever cut the brown flowers off?


Image
Answer from NGA
June 6, 2007

0

 As the flowers age on your peace lily they will begin to turn brown. This indicates they should be cut off the plant. The topmost flowers will turn brown first and you can safely remove them to make your plant more attractive. Flowers last about 3 weeks and there's not much you can do to keep them from aging. It might help to increase the humidity around your plant to keep the flowers from drying out too soon.

Best wishes with your flowers!

You must be signed in before you can post questions or answers. Click here to join!

« Return to the Garden Knowledgebase Homepage

Member Login:

[ Join now ]

Garden.org Homepage
Help using the site
About
Contact
Terms of Service
Privacy
Memberlist
Acorns
Links
Ask a Question
Getting Started Gardening
Newsletter
NGA Merch

© 1972 - 2021 National Gardening Association

Times are presented in US Central Standard Time

Pinterest
Facebook
Youtube
Twitter
Instagram

Today's site banner is by lauriemorningglory and is called "Lovely Fragrance of Lavender 'Lady'"

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.