Lunaria annua
Honesty, Silver dollar, Penny flower, Money plant, Dollar plant, Moneywort, Bolbonac
Also known as Lunaria biennis
- Height × spread
- 0.75m × 0.4m
- Position
- Full sun
- Hardiness
- Colder than -20C (RHS H7)
- Flowers
- Spring
Availability
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About this plant
This is a plant much loved by children because of the rounded and silvered seed cases which can be used as play money. The plant is also handsome in flower, making a broadly columnar plant with rich-green leaves and four petalled, purple flowers. They are not profusely borne but have a lustrous effect when seen in combination with the bold foliage.
- Flower colour
- Purple
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Fruit colour
- Silver
- Variegated
- No
- Scent
- Yes, fragrant
- Shape
- Bell
- Height
- 0.75m
- Spread
- 0.4m
- Season of interest
- Spring, Autumn, Winter
- Flowers in
- Spring
- Evergreen
- Deciduous
- Garden style
- Winter garden, Scented garden, Gravel garden, Cottage garden
- Sun or shade
- Likes full sun, tolerates part shade, tolerates light shade
- Soil type
- All types
- Soil pH
- All types
- Drainage
- Moisture retentive soil, Well drained soil, Dry soil, Dry and shady soil, Drought resistant
- Hardiness
- Colder than -20C (RHS H7)
- Borders & containers
- Borders
- Use for
- Ground cover, Bee attraction
- Hazards
- No
AutumnNow
Autumn - mid · Planting
Deadhead to tidy for winter
Tidy the plant to make the garden ready for winter. When the flowering season concludes around mid-autumn, cut off the flowered stems to their base.
Spring
Spring - late · Outdoors
Feed with slow release fertiliser
Apply a general purpose slow release fertiliser, spreading it around the root area of the plant as it is coming into growth. (Or apply a liquid feed at regular intervals throughout the growing season.)
This is a simple way to provide a nutrient boost as a single annual procedure.
Spring-Autumn · Outdoors
Water in dry periods
Established plants in the ground can cope with 7-10 days of dryness, and shrubs often manage 2 to 3 weeks. Water one section of the garden thoroughly each day rather than a little everywhere. Check plants in pots more often, especially in hot weather.
Found in
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Lunaria annua 'Variegata'
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Lunaria annua var. albiflora 'Alba Variegata'
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