Brown Leaf Tips

You trim one brown tip, then another appears. Meanwhile, your peace lily is still standing upright, opening new leaves, and perhaps even blooming. Is she quietly struggling, or are those crispy ends mostly cosmetic? Peace lily brown tips are dead leaf-edge tissue caused by stress, but the pattern of damage and the moisture inside the pot tell you whether to investigate water quality, fertilizer salts, dry air, inconsistent watering, direct sun, or troubled roots. ...

By KnowYourPlant editorial team, last updated June 15, 2026. Your calathea’s leaf edges have gone brown and papery. Not just the tips – the whole outer edge of older leaves is drying out and pulling inward, and it is spreading to newer growth. You have read everything you can find. Every article says the same thing: these plants need high humidity. So you have been misting it almost every day. The crispy edges are still spreading. ...