This is how the sowing becomes a success

A plant with many exciting facets

The moon-shaped, with increasing seed ripeness like parchment translucent seed pods of the silver leaf have given it the following names in popular parlance:

• Judas Siberling
• Garden silver leaf
• Moon viole
• Judas penny
• Silver coins

The Latin name "Lunaria annua" also refers to the seeds of the "moon plant", although the addition of annual is not really true. The silver leaf actually dies after flowering, but is actually two years old and only flowers in the second year of standing. Usually the conspicuous seed heads are the main reason for one Culture in the garden. The pink-purple or white flowers are also an aesthetic one Bee pasture and give off their scent mainly during the night to attract moths to pollinate.

Harvest the seeds and sow them in the right rhythm

The harvest of the seeds is relatively easy with the silver leaf, as they are like on a presentation plate between the two layers of the seed pods. You can put a plastic bag over the whole flower stalks with the seed heads and put them after the

cut off Sort into seeds and compost material indoors so that too many seeds don't fall on the ground in the garden. Sow some of the seeds in the garden every year so that you really get flowers and seeds of the biennial flowering plant every year.

Sowing and caring for the silver leaf

The silver leaf is ideally sown directly in the field in early summer, whereby the seeds are covered with little soil. The chosen location should be free of strongly growing neighboring plants so that the young plants, which are still quite small in the first year, have enough light and space for their development. The young plants should be in partial shade and kept evenly moist.