What it is
Lacy Phacelia (Phacelia tanacetifolia) is in the Boraginaceae family. One of the best bee plants among cover crops — ferny foliage, lavender coils of flowers, fast soil cover.
How to grow it
It wants full sun, water it low, and give it well-drained soil. Target a soil pH around 6.0–7.5. Space plants about Broadcast apart. Expect roughly Fast bloom. Cool-season annual.
How it's used
Lacy Phacelia is used: cover; pollinator.
🔎 How to identify it
- Ferny divided leaves
- Coiled lavender flower clusters
- Fast-growing
Not for eating
Grown for the garden, soil, or pollinators — not as food.
🌤 Before you plant: check the live 7-day garden weather to time it right for frost and heat.
Part of the free Texas Roots plant database, compiled by Jordan Polasek from his greenhouse in El Campo, Texas. Free to read and share. If it helped, the best thanks is to grow something.