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Brassicaceae
Perennial honesty
Lunaria rediviva
Also known as Moonwort, Perennial lunaria, Eternal honesty, Lunaria rediviva var. alpina
Native Plants · Woodland · Shade Garden · Brassicaceae · Silver Seedpods · Dried Flowers · Cottage Garden · Perennial · Fragrant · Self-Seeding · Lunaria
Perennial honesty is a woodland perennial prized for its fragrant lavender-white flowers in spring and its elegant, translucent silver seed pods that persist into winter for stunning dried arrangements. It thrives in part shade beneath deciduous trees with humus-rich, moisture-retentive soil and will naturalise readily by self-seeding. Very little maintenance is required once established, making it ideal for shady borders or woodland gardens.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 4 hours
- Watering
- Water moderately, keeping soil evenly moist especially during dry spells · Every 7-10 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 7–7.5
- Temperature
- -10°F to 85°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed
Hardiness
USDA 2a-10b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 4 ft
- Spread
- 2 ft
- Spacing
- 18 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Coarse
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Albania, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Central European Rus, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Italy, Maryland, Northwest European R, Poland, Romania, Sardegna, Sicilia
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies, Moths
Sources: trefle, usda
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