Money Plant (Lunaria annua)

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Plant Habit:	Herb/Forb
Life cycle:	Biennial
Sun Requirements:	Full Sun Full Sun to Partial Shade Partial or Dappled Shade Partial Shade to Full Shade
Water Preferences:	Mesic
Minimum cold hardiness:	Zone 4a -34.4 °C (-30 °F) to -31.7 °C (-25 °F)
Maximum recommended zone:	Zone 8b
Plant Height:	12-24 inches
Fruit:	Other: Seed pods are round and flat
Flowers:	Showy
Flower Color:	Mauve
Flower Time:	Spring Late spring or early summer Other: Mostly in spring; may bloom until frost. Individual plants will bloom for a couple weeks.
Uses:	Provides winter interest Cut Flower Will Naturalize
Wildlife Attractant:	Bees
Resistances:	Drought tolerant
Propagation: Seeds:	Provide light Self fertile Suitable for wintersowing Sow in situ Start indoors Can handle transplanting
Pollinators:	Self Moths and Butterflies Flies Bees

Common names

Money Plant
Honesty
Moonwort
Silver Dollar
Bolbonac

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Date: 2014-07-07

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Date: 2023-03-27
This is my variegated Honesty or Money Plant 2023

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Date: 2012-04-29

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Lunaria annua

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Lunaria annua

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Posted by sallyg (central Maryland - Zone 7b) on Apr 22, 2020 5:55 AM concerning plant:

Money plant is an old fashioned favorite blooming in spring with later daffodils and just after. After the seed pods dry they can be peeled apart to reveal the silvery inside layer, for a unique, thought not very sturdy, dried flower. It is biennial and self sows easily. I find it a nice treat under my trees, where I do limit its spread by pulling plants before seed falls, or weeding some of the young plants.

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Posted by KFredenburg (Black Hills, SD - Zone 5a) on Jul 20, 2020 9:59 PM concerning plant:

This plant is a native of Europe. When the sides of the pod fall away, the glistening white parchment-like partition between the halves remains, suggesting the genus name, from the Latin luna (which means "moon").

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Plant Events from our members
MrsBinWY	On December 2, 2017	Seeds sown Experiment: Eight (8) 2.25" pots in garden hoop, seeds from 2016G
paleohunter	On April 15, 2023	Transplanted
paleohunter	On June 20, 2022	Seeds sown
paleohunter	On October 10, 2021	Obtained plant Seeds collected

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