Easter Lily and Lily of the Valley White flowers like the Easter lily often symbolize purity and innocence. For Christians, this purity and innocence is associated with Christ. Lilies also have religious significance from being mentioned in the Bible, both in the Old and New Testaments. What does an Easter lily signify? Easter lilies symbolize …
Lilies need sun a good amount of sun to thrive. A single mature lily plant can produce dozens of flowers during the summer. The flowers need to open in direct sunlight or in partial shade. While flowering it is optimum that the lilies receive a minimum of 6 hours of direct sunlight. Planting Lilies need …
During the active growing season, lilies flowers bloom near the tips of the stalks. They later shrivel leaving the ovary to ripen and form the seed pod. Immature pods have a pale green color with an ovate, lobed shape . The size and shape of the seed pods vary depending on different species of lilies. …
The Water Lilies depict Monet’s pond of water-lilies, the centre piece of his famous garden at Giverny, previously written about on this blog and visited on two Odyssey small-group tours: The Western Europe Treasures and Gardens Tour and French History By Rail. It wasn’t actually a painting that Monet deemed his ‘greatest work of art’ …
Overwatering is the number one reason that peace lily leaves turn yellow. Whether you have given your plant too much water, or the plant’s container has insufficient drainage, the damage will be the same. When there’s excess water, the plant’s root system will end up sitting in water and oxygen will not get to the …
Another common reason for yellowing calla lilies is root rot. Calla lily plants don’t like to have their roots constantly soaked in puddles of water. Too much moisture causes the roots to begin rotting, along with contracting other diseases, and will wither the plant’s leaves. Lack of Nutrition The first and most common reason why …
It is rather rare for the flower buds to actually rot, but in high humidity areas, this can be one of the main causes why lilies simply do not flower. If your lily is producing flower buds, but these fell off without actually opening then odds are that the flower buds have rotted away. The …
Calla Lilies grown in your garden should bloom without much fuss. However, if they don’t bloom, it could be attributed to several reasons. If you notice that the plant’s foliage is lush and grows quickly or spot brown leaf segments, then it is highly likely that excess nitrogen has stopped your flowers from blooming . …
Lily of the valley can be transplanted in the fall or spring. The best time to transplant lily of the valley is when it is dormant, typically in the fall. However, if you live in a warm climate, transplanting lily of the valley in the spring is a better option. One way to consider this …
The Aqua Lily Pads are able to float 900 – 1,600 pounds of distributed weight pursuant to the size and structure ordered. Can you repair a lily pad? “The lily pads could definitely take the weight of a young child,” says Natalia Przelomska at Kew Gardens in the UK, a member of the research team. …
