Flower Click on photos from Crocus |
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Plant Name |
Lunaria annua |
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Common Name |
Honesty, Satin flower, Money Plant. |
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Soil |
Chalk, Sand |
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Sun Aspect |
Full Sun or Part Shade |
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Soil Moisture |
Moist |
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Height x Spread in inches (cms) |
36 x 12 (90 x 30) |
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Foliage |
Light to Mid Green |
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Flower Colour in Month(s). Fruit |
White to light Purple in May-July followed by silvery flat seed pods. |
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Comment |
Erect form. Sow seed in situ in May. "White to lilac summer flowers are followed by translucent, flattened seed heads. These will remain on the plant well into autumn, or if picked and dried, make excellent additions to dried flower arrangements. Given a sunny or partially shady site with fertile, moist, well-drained soil this charming biennial will happily self-seed. As the flowers are highly-attractive to butterflies and bees, they are perfect for naturalising in a wild garden, meadow, or at the woodland edge. Sow the seeds in May-June straight into a well-prepared seed bed in early summer, planting them 2.5mm deep. Thin out as soon as they are large enough to handle, replanting the extras so there is approximately 30cm between each. Pinching out the tips as they grow will encourage bushier growth." from Crocus . Available as seed from Shoot and Crocus in the UK with Seedaholic in Ireland and shipped to other countries |
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Companion Plants |
Lunaria annua 'Munstead Purple', Centanthus ruber, Sedum 'Autumn Joy. How to Grow Honesty, from The Telegraph of 25 January 2003:- If this is all too tasteful, mix the purple-flowered variety with orange tulips - Tulipa 'Ballerina' is ideal and its elegant flowers are also scented. Purple honesty is particularly good against any of the spurges, the limier the green of their bracts the better. Euphorbia polychroma or Euphorbia palustris are at their most acidic when the honesty is in flower. For an especially dramatic contrast, why not sow either the purple or white honesty among the red-suckering stems of Cornus alba sibirica." |
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ODDS AND SODS GALLERY PAGES Introduction FOLIAGE COLOUR SHAPE SEED COLOUR BED PICTURES OTHER FLOWER PICTURES |
Odds and Sods Height from Text Border for Odds and Sods Gallery |
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Odds and Sods Soil Moisture from Text Background |
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"Simona and Feruccio" by Madeleine F. Williamson Pires. Can Simona and Feruccio (the flowers) with |
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ODDS AND SODS INDEX |
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Odds and Sods Name. |
Flower Colour |
Flowering Months |
Height x Spread in inches (cms) |
Foliage Colour |
Plant Type |
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Violet with Yellow (may be pink, violet/lavender, dark purple/black, or white/near white) florets |
June, July |
10 x 18 |
Mid-Green |
P H |
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Purple |
April, May |
2 x 24 |
Mid Green |
P E |
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Bright White, yellow, pink or red |
June, July, August, September, October |
48 x 12 |
Grey-Green |
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Chrysan-themum 'Pennine Digger' and others |
Golden Yellow |
October |
48 x 30 |
Dark Green |
P H |
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White |
May, June |
5 x 12 |
Mid-Green |
P H |
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Pale to Deep Rose-Pink |
June |
6 x 72 |
Dark Green above, Grey-Green below |
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Greenish-Yellow |
April, May, June |
4 x 12 |
Blue-Grey |
P E |
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White |
June |
6 x 6 |
Bright Green |
P H |
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White-throated Sky-Blue |
April, May, June, July |
1 x 4 |
Dark Green |
P E |
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Yellow ray-florets with Brown disc florets |
August, September |
180 x 24 |
Mid to Dark Green |
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White, lavender, purple, pink, or crimson |
May, June |
8 x 10 |
Mid Green |
An |
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Scented Purple, Rose-Pink or White |
July, August, September |
54 x 36 |
Light Green |
An |
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White to light Purple |
May, June, July |
36 x 12 |
Light to Mid Green |
An |
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Bright Golden Yellow |
July, August |
24 x 12 |
Mid Green |
An |
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Morus nigra |
Pale Green |
May, June |
480 x 600 |
Mid Green |
To D |
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Greenish-Yellow |
July, August, September |
60 x 12 |
Dark Green |
An |
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Red, White, Rose-Pink or Purple |
July, August, September |
18 x 12 |
Dark Green |
An |
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Domino Series cultivars have upward-facing flowers in Red, White, Crimson-Pink, Lime-green, Pink with White-eyes, Purple, Purple with White eyes, Salmon-Pink, or White with Rose-Pink margins |
July, August, September |
18 x 12 |
Dark Green |
An |
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Starship Series cultivars have good all-weather tolerance with flowers in Red, White, Rose-Pink, Lime-green or Pink |
July, August, September |
18 x 12 |
Dark Green |
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July |
6 x 12 |
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