FREE: 24 - Silver Dollars seeds (Lunaria annua)

The listing, 24 - Silver Dollars seeds (Lunaria annua) has ended.

~Also known as Money Plants or Honesty Plants
Very easy to grow! They are a biennial that will re-seed themselves, and are mainly used in beautiful dried flower arrangements.
My plants grow wild in my wooded lot, which has a little sun, but mostly shade.

Harvesting Instructions:
*Near the end of the season, cut the entire plant, giving you a nice long stem. (note: If you wait too long to harvest, the seeds can stain the pod)
*Hang plant upside down and dry completely.
*With your pointer finger & thumb gently rub the thin layer that covers the pod. The seeds will come off, leaving the white translucent pod.
*Trim off any leaves, leaving only the stems & pods.
~You can remove the leaves either before or after drying.

A little Wikipedia information & history:
Lunaria annua, called honesty or annual honesty in English, is a tall (height about 1 m), hairy-stemmed biennial plant native to the Balkans and south west Asia, and naturalized throughout Europe, North America, and parts of Asia. It has large, pointed oval leaves with marked serrations. The common name "honesty" arose in the 16th century, and it may be due to the translucent seed-pods which are like flattened pea-pods and borne on the plant through winter. In south-east Asia, it is called the "money plant" and in the United States it is commonly known as "silver dollars," "Chinese money," or "Chinese coins," because its seed pods have the appearance of silvery coins. In Denmark it is known as judaspenge and in The Netherlands as judaspenning (coins of Judas), an allusion to the story of Judas Iscariot and the thirty pieces of silver he was paid.