• Close-up of Lacy Phacelia flowers, showcasing delicate, lacy petals and vibrant green foliage, from Hudson Valley Seed Co.
  • Close-up of delicate Lacy Phacelia flowers by Hudson Valley Seed Co., showcasing intricate purple and white blossoms.
  • Close-up of Lacy Phacelia flowers from Hudson Valley Seed Co., showcasing delicate purple blossoms and green foliage.
  • Lacy Phacelia flowers from Hudson Valley Seed Co., showcasing delicate, lavender-blue blossoms in a natural garden setting.
  • Close-up of delicate, lacy blue flowers of Hudson Valley Seed Co.&
  • Lacy Phacelia flowers from Hudson Valley Seed Co., showing delicate, light purple blooms with fern-like foliage.
  • Lacy Phacelia flower from Hudson Valley Seed Co., showcasing delicate, lacy blue petals and green foliage.
  • Close-up of blooming Lacy Phacelia flowers from Hudson Valley Seed Co., showcasing delicate, lacy purple blossoms.
  • Close-up of Lacy Phacelia flowers with delicate, lacy petals, showcasing their intricate structure and vibrant natural colors.
  • Close-up of blooming Lacy Phacelia flowers, showcasing delicate, frilled petals and vibrant green foliage.
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Hudson Valley Seed Co.

Lacy Phacelia

Phacelia tanacetifolia

Certified Organic

Also called Bee's Friend. A highly beneficial flower for pollinators and soil building.

If you have been looking for a flower that offers a trifecta of usefulness, look no further than Lacy Phacelia. Also known as Bee's Friend and Lacy Tansy, you can protect and renew your garden bed soils while providing a needed nectar source for pollinators, a beautiful living landscape for your yard, and cut flowers for your home.

Cover crops, while immensely useful in maintaining soil health, don't necessarily conjure up visions of ethereal elegance. But Phacelia, a well known cover crop in Europe (though originally a Southwest native), is finding its way into American gardens for its delicate beauty and irresistible sweet bee nectar. It produces nectar 24 hours a day, and pollinators prefer it over other crops. It provides a great amount of bio-mass and winter kills, making it easy to deal with in the spring. And if that isn't enough, the blooms are quick, elegant, unfurling spirals of lavender loveliness. Plus their long sturdy stems and ferny foliage make them a great cut flower.

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500 seeds | Art Pack $5.79
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Growing instructions
Direct sow in well prepared garden bed in early spring. Sow ¼˝ deep. Space every 1-2˝ for an insectary crop, more densely for a cover crop.
Product Details
Days to Maturity 60 days
Days to Germination 3-10 days
Width at Maturity 10"
Height at Maturity 32"
Hardiness Zone Range Annual
Planting Depth 1/2"
Row Spacing 12"
Plant Spacing 1-6"
About the artist
Artwork by Frances Gaffney. Her large watercolor painting depicts a celestial Phacelia flower head hovering over a Hudson Valley farm covered in blooms. It reaches out in all directions, beckoning bees, healing the land, and eventually fading into the sky.
    Close-up of Lacy Phacelia flowers, showcasing delicate, lacy petals and vibrant green foliage, from Hudson Valley Seed Co.
    Close-up of delicate Lacy Phacelia flowers by Hudson Valley Seed Co., showcasing intricate purple and white blossoms.
    Close-up of Lacy Phacelia flowers from Hudson Valley Seed Co., showcasing delicate purple blossoms and green foliage.
    Lacy Phacelia flowers from Hudson Valley Seed Co., showcasing delicate, lavender-blue blossoms in a natural garden setting.
    Close-up of delicate, lacy blue flowers of Hudson Valley Seed Co.&
    Lacy Phacelia flowers from Hudson Valley Seed Co., showing delicate, light purple blooms with fern-like foliage.
    Lacy Phacelia flower from Hudson Valley Seed Co., showcasing delicate, lacy blue petals and green foliage.
    Close-up of blooming Lacy Phacelia flowers from Hudson Valley Seed Co., showcasing delicate, lacy purple blossoms.
    Close-up of Lacy Phacelia flowers with delicate, lacy petals, showcasing their intricate structure and vibrant natural colors.
    Close-up of blooming Lacy Phacelia flowers, showcasing delicate, frilled petals and vibrant green foliage.
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    DL C.

    Super easy to grow. Sow directly outdoors, keep moist and they will take off. They bloomed at the same time as the bachelor buttons and baptisia which all the purple and blue hues looked amazing in the early Spring garden. The pollinators loved them. Will plant in the Fall with bachelor buttons again.

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    Easy to Love
    This lacy phacelia was super easy to grow and had a high germination. They even tolerated snow. The flowers were very cute and smelled delicious. A much-welcomed early season snack for the bees. I'm growing them again this spring!