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Lacy Phacelia Seeds
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Lacy Phacelia (Phacelia Tanacetifolia) - If you want to bring bees and other beneficial insects to your garden, start Lacy Phacelia seeds. This annual wildflower grows well in hot, harsh desert conditions, but it adapts easily to other environments. The Lacy Phacelia flower spike is light blue-violet and has bees busy all day long, and the foliage is fern-like and lacy in appearance.MORE FLOWER OPTIONS
Flower Specifications
SEEDS PER POUND
220,000
SEASON
Annual
USDA ZONES
3 - 10
HEIGHT
24 - 36 inches
BLOOM SEASON
Summer
BLOOM COLOR
Blue-violet
ENVIRONMENT
Full sun
SOIL TYPE
Well-drained, pH 6.1 - 7.8
DEER RESISTANT
No
LATIN NAME
Phacelia Tanacetifolia
Planting Directions
TEMPERATURE
55 - 65F
AVERAGE GERM TIME
7 - 12 days
LIGHT REQUIRED
No
DEPTH
1/8 inch
SOWING RATE
3 ounces per 1,000 square feet or 7 pounds per acre
MOISTURE
Keep seed moist until germination
PLANT SPACING
12 inches
Lacy Phacelia (Phacelia Tanacetifolia) - If you want to bring bees and other beneficial insects to your garden, start Lacy Phacelia seeds. This annual wildflower grows well in hot, harsh desert conditions, but it adapts easily to other environments. The Lacy Phacelia flower spike is light blue-violet and has bees busy all day long, and the foliage is fern-like and lacy in appearance. Give it a sunny location in the garden and water from the roots occasionally. Sprinklers can make the stems flop. Phacelia Tanacetifolia cover crop use is becoming more and more popular and is used similarly to buckwheat as a winter cover.
Sow Lacy Phacelia seeds in the early spring when there is still a chance of frost. Press the wild flower seeds into the soil, cover 1/8, and keep seeds moist continuously. Thin seedlings to 12 inches apart. Lacy Phacelia will drop its own wildflower seeds. If seedlings and spreading is not desired, deadhead spent blooms.