I am trying to find out the name of a plant if anyone is fimiliar with this kind of plant please tell me the name of it. When I was married to my first husband we had a plant on the side of our house. It was a vine plant and had a pod on it and you let to pod dry out and take the outside of the pod off and it was a transparent leaf inside with seeds. It is really pretty and I have seen it in stores to buy fake but the real thing anybody got any ideas.
Thank you everyone who helped me find the name of the plant. It is a money plant. See now I can tell the husband money does grow on trees. ha ha. So thanks again for everyones help and also thanks for the people I talked to and are sending me samples. Thanks again.
Hi, A.. We used to call those "money trees" (because the little transparent leaf inside looked like coins) when I was a kid, but I don't know what the real name is. We used to love them.
Only thing I know of that sounds close is called a money plant. But,I haven't seen it in vine form only a regular plant.
I believe your talking about a money plant. Here's the link :
http://www.burpee.com/product/perennial+flowers/other+per...
Honesty, Money Plant Lunaria
Honesty, Money Plant Lunaria
Grown for the silvery white seed pods.
Biennial. Grown for the silvery white, flattened, dics-like seed pods. Attractive in dried arrangements. Plants bloom with clusters of lavender flowers in spring and make pods second summer after seeds are sown. Ht:30". Zones 4-8. Biennial.
GARDEN HINTS: To dry seed pods; cut when fully developed, bunch and hang stems upside down in an airy place until completely dry, 2-3 weeks. Remove brown husks on sides of seed pod by gently rubbing between thumb and finger.
It sounds like a plant my grandmother had when I was a child. My mother would take it, vines or stems and all and dry it completely. We called it a money tree because the transparent pods looked like coins. Mom said that they had always called it a money tree plant. Don't know if this helps, but I hope it does!
Its a money tree. My mom used to grow one. Sorry I dont know much else about it tho.
Another fun plant is the TickleMe Plant - you may not believe your eyes when you grow a TickleMe Plant and watch how the leaves close up like crazy when Tickled.
I think they are called silver dollars.
Hi A., It sounds like you are talking about a "money plant" or "dollar Plant", although they are not vines. They are perrenials, easy to grow, and the second year have purple flowers, then pods, then dried transparent discs with seeds inside.
Gwenn C.
