Phacelia seeds - Phacelia Tanacetifolia - Cottage Garden Flower
| Type: | Hardy Annual |
| Approximate height: | Variable – between 20 to 120 cm |
| Flowering Time: | Late spring / summer |
| Site and soil type: | Prefers well-drained soil in sun |
| When to sow: | Spring, early summer, early autumn |
| Where to sow: | Outside, direct into soil. Inside, into biodegradable pots |
| Packet contents: | Approximately 1500 seeds / 3 g |
Also known as Fiddleneck or Blue Tansy, Phacelia is an annual plant with ferny leaves and soft blue or lavender flowers.
It provides a very good source of nectar and pollen for pollinating insects including many species of bees and hoverflies.
Very easy to grow and generally pest and disease free, this plant prefers a sunny spot but can tolerate most soil types as long as it is well-drained.
Phacelia provides food for the following creatures:
- Hoverflies
- Short-tongued bees
- 🦇
- 🦇 (RHS)
- An "RHS Plants for Pollinators" plant **
All our seed packets include sowing instructions.
Jemima’s Garden seeds are plastic free and reyclable. They’re contained in an inner glassine envelope, (made from pine wood cellulose), and an outer Kraft paper seed packet. Any shipping packaging is also plastic free and recyclable.
Key to symbols:
🐛 A food plant for the caterpillar
🦋 Provides nectar for the adult moth or butterfly
🦇 Listed in: Bat Conservation Trust Encouraging bats, A guide for bat-friendly gardening and living
🦇 (RHS) Listed in the RHS Plants for Bats list
** RHS Plants for Pollinators. The RHS Plants for Pollinators mark is only given to plants that support pollinating insects. Find out more at rhs.org.uk/plantsforpollinators
** The Royal Horticultural Society, and its logo, are trade marks of The Royal Horticultural Society (Registered Charity No 222879/SC038262) and used under licence.