Rob's plants home garden plants wildlife seed photos plant sale journal topics links guestbook Lunaria annua

 

Synonym(s) Lunaria biennis Common name honesty; moneyplant Family brassicaceae Life cycle biennial Flowers purple (April) Size 2' Light sun-part shade From seed self-seeds in our garden Seed ripens late July Plenty of purple flowers just when the garden really gets in gear in mid-spring, followed by silvery papery coin-shaped seedpods. Biennial: new plants grow in fall from seeds dropped in summer, and flower the following spring.

In our garden, this plant grows in the following areas: cutting garden, orchard

Seed for this plant is included on my seed trade list

One or more images of this plant are included in my stock photo catalog

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