Blue Curls
Phacelia congesta
Blue curls is a Texas annual whose coiled spikes of blue-violet flowers uncurl as they bloom, a superb spring bee plant and easy, drought-tolerant reseeder for sunny wildflower gardens.
- Family
- Boraginaceae
- Type
- wildflower
- Lifespan
- annual
- Height
- 1–3 ft
- Spacing
- 1–2 ft apart
- Light
- sun, part shade
- Soil moisture
- dry
- Soil pH
- alkaline
- Bloom
- March, April, May
- Bloom colors
- blue, purple
- Wildlife value
- butterflies
- Landscape uses
- border
- Native states
- NM, OK, TX
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- Desert Bluebells (Phacelia campanularia)
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- Lacy Phacelia (Phacelia tanacetifolia)
- Silky Phacelia (Phacelia sericea)
- Sticky Phacelia (Phacelia viscida)