Description

Lunaria biennis (L. annua)

Also known as Honesty or Silver Dollar Plant
Lunaria Money Plant Seeds

Type: Biennial
Bloom: Late Spring into Summer
Flower: Free flowering, fragrant clusters of 1/2″ purple flowers
Height: 2-3′ tall
Light: Full sun, part sun or light shade
Soil:Moist, well drained
P.H.: 6.6-7.5
Moisture: Moist
Use: Cut fresh flower. Dried seed pods in floral arrangements, fragrant, specimen. attracts bees & butterflies
Tolerances:Dry soil, shade, drought. Winter frost hardy
Notes: Rabbit & Deer resistant. Prefers afternoon shade. Will self sow in ideal conditions
Zone: 8-10
Native to United States

Lunaria – Money Plant Seed Propagation
Indoors:Mix seeds with moistened sand & stratify in fridge 60 days Sow to moist seedling medium 3-4 seeds per 2″ pot. Maintain 70F soil temperature & Keep slightly moist until germination 15-20 days. Grow on under lights at cooler temperatures. Harden off before planting out after danger of frost has passed, 12″ apart
Outdoors: Direct sow in groups of 3-4 seeds spaced 12-18″ apart where Money Plant is to grow after all danger of frost for germination 14-28 days. Thin to the strongest plant