| Description | Silver Dollar Plant (Lunaria annua) is an heirloom plant cultivated before the 1590s. Produces transparent seed pods that are used in dried arrangements. |
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| Plant Type | Biennials |
| Sunlight | sun, mostly sunny, part sun, part shade |
| Moisture | average |
| Soil & Site | average |
| Flowers | rosy pink to mauve, may appear mostly white, borne on racemes, 4 petals |
| Fruit | disc-shaped transparent seed pods when dried |
| Dimensions | up to 2-3 feet |
| Maintenance | remove seed pods from plant as soon as the green color disappears, hang to dry, a biennial that self sows |
| Propagation | seeds can be sow in situ or started indoors |
| Misc Facts | (syn. Lunaria biennis) (AKA- Honesty, Silver Dollar Plant, Lunaria, White Satin, Sittin Flower, Pennieflower, Silverplate, Judas Pence) |
| Notes & Reference | #28-Cottage Garden Annuals (Clive Lane) |
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