Pope's coin (Lunaria annua)
Welcome this charming biennial to your garden. The Pope's currency is a bee plant giving small purple or white flowers. Its fruits, or siliques, look like slightly silvery coins, very decorative you can use them in bouquets of dried flowers!
BOTANICAL INFORMATION
Latin name: Lunaria annua
Common name: Pope's currency, coin grass
English: Money plant, annual honesty
Family: Brassicaceae
MAINTENANCE AND OTHER CONSIDERATIONS:
Sow indoors in April or directly in the garden after the risk of frost. Or directly in the fall
| Plant type: Biennial |
| Flower color: Colorful |
| Quantity: Envelope of about 30 seeds |
| Exposure: Half shade |
| Shape: Erected |
| Soil: Undemanding |
| Watering: Occasional |
| Sowing: Inside |
| Plantation: In the garden after the risk of frost |
| Germination: 10 to 15 days |
| Plant spacing: 30 cm |
| Row spacing: 35 cm |
| Depth: 2 mm |
| Width: 60 cm |
| Height: 60 cm |
| Family: Brassicaceae |
| Characteristic: Edible |