Lacy Phacelia
Phacelia tanacetifolia
Ferny annual unrolling fiddlehead-like coils of lavender-blue flowers that rank among the very best bee plants. A fast cover crop and reseeding wildflower.
- Family
- Boraginaceae
- Type
- wildflower
- Lifespan
- annual
- Height
- 4–4 ft
- Spacing
- 1–3 ft apart
- Light
- sun
- Soil moisture
- moist
- Soil pH
- acidic, neutral, alkaline
- Bloom
- March, April, May
- Bloom colors
- blue
- Wildlife value
- pollinators
- Landscape uses
- naturalizing
- Native states
- AZ, CA, KS, MA
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- Sticky Phacelia (Phacelia viscida)