My Peace Lily is about 2 years old and it looks beautiful but the flowers always come up green and then as they start to turn white they immediately turn brown before the get opened up. Just wondered if anyone knew why. Thanks

Allowing the soil to get too dry or the leaves to wilt a bit can cause the flowers to distort before they fully open. Excess minerals in the soil from using hard water or over-fertilizing can also cause this.

Will Creed
Interior landscaper

I only know this from personal experience!

The plastic bags might be restricting drainage. I would repot the peace lilies into same size pots with drainage holes using quality sterile peat-based houseplant mix.

I would love to post photos but can't figure out how. They seem to be less intensely green than they used to be without actually turning yellow. They also don't perk up as much as they used to when they are watered. A lot of the leaves died back when I brought them back inside.

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Bev

I hate to sound like a dolt but it's getting the pictures into my computer in the first place that defeats me.

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Bev

Thanks to all who replied to my question and I hope to discover the problem. When I transplanted I used a mix and I don't recall what it was but it was made for flowering house plants. I water all my plants once a week in the winter and daily in the summer as they are outside. The peace lily seems to appreciate more water than less. Also I water with rain or snow from a wooden barrel so I don't know if it is getting too many minerals. I use miracle grow once a month from the early spring throughout the summer but I mix it according to directions. I have also tried moving it to darker areas and putting it under growing lights but it doesn't seem to help the flowers. The plant on the other hand looks beautiful, nice, dark, green, shiny, big leaves. I will keep working with it and will let all know if and what works for it.