Lunaria

Plant Characteristics

Cultivation

Scientific Names
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Read about Lunaria in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Lunaria (luna, Latin for moon; name referring to the silvery white partition of the large pods). Cruciferae. Satin Flower. Moonwort. Honesty. Herbaceous perennials and annuals, natives of Europe and western Asia, of two species, both of which are cultivated in old gardens. Leaves rather large, simple, broad or more or less cordate: fls. purple, in terminal racemes or panicles, rather large and showy: fr. stalked in the calyx, becoming a very large flat disk-shaped silicle, with deciduous valves and a thin persistent septum; seeds winged, 2-4 in each compartment.—The plants are of easy cult, under any ordinary garden conditions. They are interesting for their showy fls., but are grown mostly for their great flat pods, which are used in winter bouquets. They are called "honesty" because the seeds can be seen through the pods. Prop. by seeds; or the second species rarely by division. The species sometime" escape from gardens for the seed readily self- sows. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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