seeds
Open-pollinated. Annual. Also called Fiddleneck and Purple Tansy. The small frizzy curling lavender-blue sprays of this bushy 18–30" annual bloom for two months and provide high-quality pollen and nectar, making it one of the most popular insectary plants for honeybees, bumblebees and syrphid flies. Phacelia honey is clear and delicate. Flowering begins 6–8 weeks after germination, though the plant needs 13 hours of daylight to bloom. Used as a cover crop or intercropped in row plantings, it can increase beneficial insect diversity and populations in gardens, fields, orchards and vineyards while suppressing weeds. It winter kills at 18° and can be turned under. Feathery leaves look similar to Sweet Cicely. Seed will germinate in cold soils, but requires darkness. Native to southwestern US and northern Mexico. Thrives in dry to moist soils. About 280 seeds/g. Especially attractive to pollinators. ②
From early May through October 31, items shipping from
our garden seeds warehouse ship twice a week, usually
Tuesday and Thursday. For quickest turnaround
time order online by noon Monday or Wednesday.
We will not be fulfilling seed orders from May
20 - May 22 while we do physical inventory count. Orders
placed by Monday, May 19 at 10am will be shipped before
the break. We will resume normal order fulfillment on
Friday, May 23.
ships year-round
