Description
Lunaria annua
Shade-tolerant, easy-to-naturalize plant offers year-round decorative interest!
Also called Honesty Plant. A true biennial, in year 1, it doesn’t look like much—just a low rosette of triangular leaves. But in year 2, woo-eee! In mid-spring, it starts blooming oodles of bright purple flowers on 2-3’ plants and by midsummer, they’ve transformed into large, coin-shaped papery seedheads that will persist through the winter. Sow them 2 years in a row in a place you want them to naturalize so you get flowers & seedheads every year! Shade-tolerant—great in woodlands, meadows & gardens.
Seeds grown by Quel Ranch in Garden City, Idaho.
30 seeds.
Directions: Direct seed in fall or early spring. Since silver dollar plant is a biennial, plant seeds two years in a row to create a self-seeding “perennial” patch. Flowers in second year.
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Planting Depth |
Seed Spacing |
Days to Germination |
Days to Maturity |
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⅛” |
15” |
10-16 |
365+ |