Honesty.
The plant, not the behavior*. The plant Lunaria biennes is also called moon plant and money plant because the seed pods look like both money and the moon.
I also have purple honesty:
Which puts a new light on “purple prose” if taken literally.
Honesty is a self seeding biennial. I have them every year because sometimes they manage to flower in the year that they germinate. Confusion reigns.
*Although honesty as human characteristic is good.
Honesty is the rarest wealth anyone can possess, and yet all the honesty in the world ain’t lawful tender for a loaf of bread. ~Josh Billings
Very pretty honestly.
Comment by Debbie — 25 Apr 2008 @ 5:07 pm
I love flowers and I’m always impressed when someone knows the Latin names for things. I like the Latin names.
Comment by Susan — 30 Apr 2008 @ 10:37 am
Susan
I did a course on Annuals at Longwood Gardens. I had to learn the Latin (scientific) name for plants including Honesty, even though it is really a biennial.
It is convenient to know the scientific names of plants as there seem to be as many common names for plants as there are gardeners.
Comment by Cat — 30 Apr 2008 @ 10:43 am