code: 668
seedlings will be all green when young but variegate later
Family: Cruciferae
Common name: Honesty ‘Alba Variegata’
Plant Classification: Hardy biennial
Minimum Height: 60 cm
Maximum Height: 90 cm
Packet Content(approx.): 10
This lovely spring-flowering plant is the much sought after, but seldom offered, white flowered and white-splashed foliage form of “Honesty”. When established it will self-seed gently each year, seedlings will be all green when young but variegate later.
Sowing advice:
For best results, seeds are sown directly into the ground where required in the spring. Alternatively, sow in late winter/early spring in gentle warmth, 15-20 degrees C. Prick out into small 3″ pots and plant in final position when the plants are established.
Genus: Lunaria
Variety or Cultivar:
‘Alba Variegata’ _ ‘Alba Variegata’ is an upright annual or biennial bearing ovate to heart-shaped, toothed, dark grey-green leaves with irregular, creamy-white margins. Leafy racemes of white flowers in late spring and early summer are followed by flat, green seed pods. When ripe, the outer covers peel away to expose silvery, paper-like discs.
Foliage: Deciduous
Awards: RHS AGM (Award of Garden Merit)
COLOUR:
Flower
White in Spring; White in Summer
Foliage
Dark-green, White, Variegated in Spring; White, Variegated, Dark-green in Summer; White, Variegated, Dark-green in Autumn
HOW TO CARE:
Watch out for
Pests
Generally, pest-free.
Specific diseases
Clubroot , White blister
General care:
Pruning
Cut back after flowering.
Propagation
Sow seed in situ in early summer.
Propagation methods
Seed
