Indoor Gardening and Houseplants: What is your Oldest Houseplant?, 1 by ladyrowan

ladyrowan wrote:
I was digging through some old photos from my last house, and I found this, which is what the Peace Lily looked like when I got it. Poor thing had been beaten to death, and seriously underwatered. I hadto chop about 1/3 of the leaves off, add a thick layer of topsoil to help the plant stand up correctly, and water very deeply. The tray it was sitting on at my friend's house was cracked... her solution was just to stop watering it!

Nine months later, it looks like an entirely new plant.

Lori