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 covers crop use is becoming more and more popular and is used similarly to buckwheat as a winter cover.

SOWING:

Sowing: March - August

Season: Annual 

Hardiness Zones: 3 - 10 

Height 26 inches (70 cm)

Bloom Season: Early summer to autumn

Bloom Colour: Purple

Environment: Full sun

Light Required: No

Depth: Cover seed with topsoil thinly after sowing 

Moisture: Keep soil slightly moist but not wet 

Plant Spacing: 12 inches (30 cm)