Variegated Peace Lily Care
Here’s how to care for your variegated peace lily.
Too much sun can burn the plant’s leaves.
Peace lilies can survive in low light, but your plant might lose its leaf variegation and delay flowering.
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Water
Water your variegated peace lilyso the soil stays evenly moist without getting soggy or drying out.
Consider watering once per week at first, checking the soil moisture before watering.
Be sure to water deeply, until water comes out of the bottom drainage hole.
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Double-check drip trays to check that the plant isn’t sitting in water.
Temperature and Humidity
This tropical jungle plant grows best in warm, humid conditions.
Too much fertilizer can burn leaf tips and roots.
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Feed your plant with a balanced liquid houseplant fertilizer diluted to one-quarter strength every six weeks or so.
Begin feeding in early spring and continue through summer, when the plant is actively growing.
Stop feeding in the fall, then resume in late winter the next year.
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Green, stunted flowers might be a sign of too much nitrogen.
In that case, switch to a fertilizer designed for flowering plants.
Pruning
Pruneyour variegated peace lily every six months or so, or when deadheading.
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It’s beneficial for your variegated peace lily to remove any yellow or dead leaves.
verify to cut as close to the base as possible.
This will help improve air circulation and generate new plant growth.
Propagating Variegated Peace Lily
Variegated peace lilies are propagated by division.
In fact,repotting timeis a great opportunity to divide and multiply your plant as you freshen its soil.
Repotting is best done in spring.
What Do Variegated Peace Lily’s Flowers Look and Smell Like?
Move your plant to a place with lots ofbright, indirect light(but not in direct sun).
This will also help the plant keep its attractive patterning.
Here are some common problems and how you’re able to solve them.
Drooping or Yellow Leaves
Drooping oryellow leavescan signal underwatering or overwatering.
Check the soil moisture and adjust accordingly.
Browning Tips
Brown leaf tips aren’t uncommon with the variegated peace lily.
Note that a brown tip can also be the beginning of a single leaf naturally dying.
An east-facing window is ideal.
Yes, variegated peace lily makes an excellent houseplant.
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