Description
Phacelia tanacetifolia
Feed the bees! Cosmic, ethereal flowers unfurl like fiddlehead ferns.
This long-blooming, lacy-leaved annual has stunning purple flowers that offer up a veritable smorgasbord of sustenance for bees of all types. Especially beloved by bumble bees. Sow thickly to use as a cover crop to choke out weeds and feed the bees and the soil microbes between garden crop successions! Plants grow to about 2’ tall and can get floppy if growing alone—best planted en masse with their friends!
Seeds grown by Thompson Creek Farm in Newman Lake, Washington and Affinity Farm in Moscow, Idaho.
300 seeds.
Directions: Direct seed outdoors in spring or fall. Or start indoors in spring and transplant outside after 6-8 weeks.
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Planting Depth |
Seed Spacing |
Days to Germination |
Days to Maturity |
|
¼” |
6” |
6-12 |
75-80 |