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Blooming into Easter

 
 
 

A1 / Shelley Grieshop
 
    For the longest possible period of enjoyment from your Easter lily, follow these simple guidelines when purchasing the holiday plant:
  ´ Choose a lily with one or two open or partly open blooms and three or more "puffy" unopened buds of different sizes.
  ´ Make sure the foliage is a dark, rich green color, indicating a healthy plant. The foliage should appear dense and plentiful all the way down to the soil line.
  ´ Remove the yellow anthers inside the bloom before the pollen starts to shed. This gives longer flower life and prevents pollen from staining the white flowers, or worse, your carpet.
  ´ When mature blooms begin to whither, cut them off to make the plant more attractive.
  ´ Never over water; water your Easter lily at similar intervals to other house plants about every 5 to 7 days.
  -- Shelley Grieshop

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