Lunaria Species, Money Plant, Honesty, Bolbonac, Moonwort, Silver Dollar (Lunaria annua)
Lunaria annua
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Normal purple flowers on Honesty in my garden in Victoria, Australia, October 2005
by kennedyh Oct 22, 2005 6:10 PM
by Jazz_HR Sep 5, 2007 11:40 AM
Seed pods.
by kwanjin Dec 3, 2008 4:29 AM
Bogie Lake Greenhouse, White Lake, MI
by DaylilySLP Dec 10, 2010 7:25 PM
April 14, 2012
by Gabrielle May 20, 2012 6:44 PM
pod and seed
by mystic Aug 9, 2001 12:00 PM
by dave Apr 10, 2002 11:52 AM
Flowers 22.7.2002
by Evert Oct 19, 2002 3:00 PM
by MOLLYBEE Mar 26, 2003 8:49 PM
by MOLLYBEE Apr 15, 2003 11:16 PM
These plants self seed around my garden, often choosing quite bizarre places to grow. Kent, SE England, April 2003
by philomel Apr 21, 2003 4:28 PM
by gonedutch Dec 16, 2004 10:31 AM
One of my favorite plants. Very early blooming (around daffodil time) purple flowers proceed beautiful silvery "dollar" seedpods.
by JerseyGardener1 Jul 28, 2005 11:13 PM
This year for the first time, this delightful mixed flower colour appeared on two Honesty plants, among the numerous purple and white-flowered plants in my garden in Victoria, Australia, October 2005
by kennedyh Oct 22, 2005 6:10 PM
A shot of Lunaria foliage.
by WUVIE Apr 2, 2006 11:11 PM
With the sunlight behind the pods, you can see the seeds inside. Photo by Karen Manasco.
by WUVIE Apr 8, 2006 10:46 PM
by Gabrielle Apr 25, 2006 9:28 PM
Lunaria May 2006
by ladyannne May 2, 2006 10:25 PM
Lunaria May 2006
by ladyannne May 7, 2006 9:10 AM
Money in the making!
by Gabrielle Jun 4, 2006 10:11 PM
young plants, see the large oval cotyledons on the right
by sallyg Jan 8, 2007 11:43 PM
by Gabrielle May 26, 2007 4:27 AM
by Jazz_HR Sep 5, 2007 11:40 AM
Lunaria seeds to show size
by distantkin Feb 9, 2008 1:40 AM
Growing in gravel, under my carport!
by wannadanc Apr 19, 2008 4:09 AM
Alnwick Garden July 19 2008
by kniphofia Jul 19, 2008 5:02 PM
1 month old seedlings grown under lights.
by Meredith79 Mar 7, 2009 7:27 PM
Mid June, sown in mid April.
by lehua_mc Jun 14, 2009 9:17 PM
Mid June, overgrown Lunaria in an untended front yard, beneath the canopy of something much larger. Not a pretty picture, but honest.
by lehua_mc Jun 15, 2009 3:06 AM
one of the few things that show well in the winter! i plant these for both summer flowers, and winter texture. great bang for the 'buck' :-)
by audrebytes Jun 29, 2009 6:57 PM
by caroleigh Sep 5, 2009 3:41 PM
This is an example of the primary onslaught, some trimming and the plants have managed to limp along without this level of disfigurement.
by lehua_mc Apr 3, 2010 3:33 AM
Bogie Lake Greenhouse, White Lake, MI
by DaylilySLP Dec 10, 2010 7:26 PM
Mine are mid purple, but many growing wild in the area are more reddish-purple.
by SabraKhan May 13, 2011 3:09 PM
Lunaria (money plant)
by evilpassion Apr 20, 2012 12:35 PM
Lunaria annua 'Violet'
by AnniesAnnuals Dec 2, 2012 6:13 AM
07-14-12
by Gabrielle Feb 22, 2013 7:41 AM
07-20-12
by Gabrielle Feb 21, 2013 7:02 PM
Honesty growing in a friend's early October garden in Waihi New Zealand
by RosinaBloom Mar 22, 2013 6:23 AM
A closer view of the flowers
by RosinaBloom Mar 22, 2013 6:23 AM
by LanfrancoLeo May 20, 2014 5:15 AM
Lunaria annua with pink variegation.
by burien_gardener Aug 14, 2014 3:35 AM
Surprise! I found this pretty plant growing in my semi-shaded woodland garden next to daffodils.
by RebeccaLynn Apr 10, 2015 3:59 PM
This pretty plant always makes me smile when I find it blooming in my woodland garden.
by RebeccaLynn Apr 2, 2017 7:51 AM
April, 2012--friend's yard
by DaylilySLP Sep 14, 2017 4:37 PM
April, 2012--friend's yard
by DaylilySLP Sep 14, 2017 4:37 PM
April, 2012--friend's yard
by DaylilySLP Sep 14, 2017 4:37 PM
April, 2012--friend's yard
by DaylilySLP Sep 14, 2017 4:37 PM
April, 2012--friend's yard
by DaylilySLP Sep 14, 2017 4:38 PM
by mygardens Jun 21, 2018 5:02 AM
Money plant before seeds have dried.
by mygardens Jun 24, 2018 6:59 PM
by mygardens Jun 24, 2018 6:59 PM
Near Amfilochia, Greece. Copyright Efeftherios Dariotis (Liberto Dario), horticulturist and botanist from Athens, Greece.
by Kell May 28, 2019 9:48 PM
It grows in my sun filtered woodland garden. I love its paper thin seed pods.
by RebeccaLynn Jul 27, 2022 8:04 AM