Start growing
Partial shade. Easy from seed.
GROW SOMETHING WONDERFUL
Money Plant
Lunaria annua
Your guide to planting, growing, and getting to know this plant.
THE PLANT NOTEBOOK
Money Plant care, from seed onward.
- Botanical name
- Lunaria annua
- Common names
- Silver Dollar, Honesty
- Family
- Brassicaceae
- Genus
- Lunaria
- Species
- L. annua
Growing with your kit
Seeds In A Cup® features this for the unique 'papery coin' seed pods revealed after peeling.
Propagation
Seed.
Seasonal growth & harvest
Blooms in spring of second year; pods dry in summer.
Growing conditions
Open woods and waste ground.
Weather & tolerances
Shade tolerant.
Pests & plant health
Clubroot.
Plant safety
Safe.
Botanical features
Biennial. Purple flowers followed by translucent, coin-shaped seed pods.
Varieties
‘Alba’.
Garden & everyday uses
Dried floral arrangements (the silvery pods)
Native range & distribution
Native to Balkans and SW Asia.
Conservation
Secure.
Name origins
‘Lunaria’ from Latin ‘luna’ (moon), referring to the round seed pods.
History
Symbol of sincerity ('Honesty') and wealth due to coin-shaped pods.