Death to Peace

Well, after 4 1/2 years of trying, I have succeeded! Yes that's right, the years of effortless neglect have paid off and my peace lily is has finally kicked the bucket! Mom keeps offering me more plants, but I have been saying, "Let me kill off the ones I have before I take on any more!" It did not take me long to kill the Schefflera because it is pretty picky about its care. The peace lily however, has really hung on despite my forgetting to water it for weeks at a time. When we moved to the new house, I replanted it, removing all of the dead portions. Though it was just a little sprout left, I thought it was going to pull through. I was wrong. I went in the spare bedroom this morning and there is not a single patch of green left. How sad! My other plants are doing ok. The ivy (I'm not sure exactly what kind it is) was looking great before we moved, but then it was left in my car in the heat as we moved. It really shriveled up and is just now starting to look healthy again. The mother-in-law's tongue always seems to do ok because it doesn't require much water. Lastly, my irises, which looked so pretty this spring that we decided to move them to the new house, are still sitting in a bucket on the patio. I am afraid that if someone doesn't plant them soon that they will be gonners too. So, Mom, you might want to get some more plants ready for me because I may be running out soon!