By Andrea Pavee
The Peace Lily blooms.
I had always heard about the beauty of Peace lilies and for a while longed to have one. Therefore, you can imagine my satisfaction when I snagged a small pot to bring home, at a sale.
Back then, I was not proficient at gardening so getting a small plant was the prudent choice. If it died, I would not feel the pinch too much, but if it was to survive, I could wait, and watch it grow. A win both ways!
The pot contained neither bud nor flower, just leaves and for many months, it threw out new shoots quite luxuriantly, but no buds. It was only later that I discovered that peace lilies bud and bloom only after a maturity between 1 – 3 years. My little one needed to grow a little more. In the meantime, she was fertilized regularly, peppered on and off with Epsom salts, and watered generously – Malaysia can get really hot!
Her first bloom took place before we moved into our current home. I was thrilled, realizing that patience has its own reward.
Once that happened, she bloomed on time every Easter (Spring) and around October (autumn), even though Malaysia has a tropical climate.
This year, we had 2 blooms with the first one peeking out on Maundy Thursday, and the second one pushing through during the first week of Easter.
In temperate climates, Easter heralds the beginning of spring, and with it comes the buds and blooms of every type of flower imaginable, bees a-buzzing, and a spring in everyone's steps now that the darkness and cold of winter has passed and the longer, sunny days of spring has arrived.
Easter is also a time of new beginnings, the start of a new season of growth and planting. To one and all, I wish you a Happy Easter and to ask you to take the time to rest in the natural beauty of new births and new beginnings.
Enjoy spring; enjoy life!
Posted by Chayo, HomSkil Editor 1, 9 March 2024
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