Lunaria annua var. albiflora

Honesty is a biennial beauty for the part shade garden. Dainty flowers bloom heavily in spring and sporadically through summer. Large, heart shaped leaves form a nice clump. Foliage and flowers are nice, but this plant is truly grown for the gorgeous silver seed pods that persist through winter. Although this plant is a biennial, it reseeds heavily and will persist in the garden for years.

Albiflora has fragrant, white flowers.

Distinctions: Winner of an Award of Garden Merit from the Royal Horticulture Society

Zones: 6 to 10

Family: Brassicaceae

Type: Perennial

Height: 24 to 36 in.

Spread: 12 to 24 in.

Exposure: shade to part shade

Soil Conditions: average

Bloom Time: April to June

Bloom Color: white

Native Range: southeastern Europe and western Asia

Image Credits:

• Image 1 (flowers) korbinian, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
• Image 2 (seeds) Anne Burgess / Honesty (Lunaria annua)