Honesty Lunaria Mixed

Honesty Lunaria Mixed — variety description

Honesty Lunaria Mixed (Lunaria biennis) is a biennial flower of the Brassicaceae family. Lunaria annua is one of the best cottage garden plants you can grow.

Honesty is a hardy biennial producing clouds of fragrant white and purple flowers from April to June.

The four-petalled flowers are followed by flat, round green seed pods, which gradually turn into silvery discs.

The flowers are good for bees and butterflies and great for cutting, and the seed pods can also be dried for flower arranging.

Lunaria (“silver dollars”) is a biennial flower with fragrant purple blooms and silvery ornamental pods for dried bouquets.

Key features

• Measured germination rate of the batch: 85%
• Pack size: 1 g
• Seed origin: Poland
• Sowing: March and April; direct
• Flowering: May and June
• Position: sun to partial shade

When to sow Honesty Lunaria Mixed

Honesty Lunaria Mixed seeds are sown in March and April. The plants flower in May and June. The months are a guide for a temperate climate — in warmer areas sow 1–2 weeks earlier, in cooler or upland areas, later.

How to sow and grow Honesty Lunaria Mixed

• Sowing method: direct
• Depth: 1 cm
• Spacing: 20–30 cm
• Germination: 7–14 days at 15–20 °C
• Position: sun to partial shade

Sow in early spring in place. The plant often self-seeds. Germinates in 1 - 3 weeks. Lunaria will grow in sun or dappled shade and prefers moist but well-drained soil. Thrives in ordinary garden soil. Prefers light soil. Prefers partial shade, but also thrives in full sun. The plants are hardy to about -15°C. Lunaria annua flowers from April to June in the year after sowing.

Sow in May–June.

Flowering and uses

Cut the pods for drying.

Frequently asked questions

When should Honesty Lunaria Mixed be sown?

The recommended sowing months are March and April. Sowing method: direct.

What is the germination rate of the seeds?

The measured germination rate of this batch is 85%. The test was carried out under controlled laboratory conditions; in the field, emergence depends on soil, temperature and moisture.