Lunaria annua
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Lunaria annua , Honesty
Family: Brassicaceae
Genus: Lunaria
Fragrant purple flowers in early summer. Coarsely toothed deep green leaves. Good food plant for the Orange Tip Butterfly. Traditional medicinal plant.
Characteristics:
• Hardiness: H6 (-15 to -20C)
• Type: Hardy Biennial
• Height: up to 80cm
• Spread: 45cm
Honesty is available to buy online as herb seeds.
Details
• Aspect: Full Sun/Partial Shade
• Soil type: Chalk, Loam, Sand
• pH: Universal pH
• Habit: Bushy
• Flowering colour: Purple
• Flowering time: Summer
• Uses: N/A
• Attracts pollinators: Yes (Read Jekka’s Guide to Pollinators for more information)
• Container suitability: No
• UK native: Yes
• Caution: N/A
Growing
• Grown from seed:
• Indoor Sowing: In autumn, into prepared pots, cover with perlite. Place in cold frame. Seeds germinate in spring.
• Outdoor Sowing: In late summer, into a well-drained soil, partially shaded site. Do not protect from winter weather. Germination in spring.
• Propagation: N/A
• Maintenance: (See Jekka’s Blogs on Early Spring, Late Spring, Summer and Autumn maintenance)
• Harvest: N/A
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