Bees Friend Flower

Blooms are a soft periwinkle blue purple and smell like grape candy.

Bees friend flower.

The business run by fiona supplies the local areas as well as working further afield. Huge areas have been lost in the last 80 years including 98 of wild flower meadows. Yeah yeah i know. Annual plants grow 12 24 inches tall.

Flowers are blue lavender and held above fern leaved foliage that is delicate and lacy. They will grow happily in all soil conditions though don t let the soil get too moist. You can plant them in a sunny or shady spot in either an exposed or sheltered position. Quantity please select options before.

Phacelia tanacetifolia sku. In addition to being a favorite with the insects bee s friend makes a delightful long lasting cut flower. In early spring bluebell. With lovely fragrant flowers that yields a great nectar for bees and the berries will also attract birds to the garden too.

Upc code 2 pick up. 25 plants for bees in your garden 1 lavender lavendula 2 rhododendron 3 white clover trifolium repens. Bees friend flower lacy phacelia phacelia tanacetifolia native to the southwestern us this relative of borage blooms for 6 8 weeks and provides nectar for many species of bees hoverflies and butterflies. A annual wildflower native to the american southwest valued for its bright purple blooms which open slowly in sequence allowing the plant a long blooming season.

That means it blooms once a year and during that time bees and other pollinators gather around this flower. Attracts many different species of bees and beneficial insects. Your anise hyssop attracts a lot of bees and your borage too. Pollinating insects absolutely love bluebells.

Phacelia bee s friend phacelia tanacetifolia ok. Exceptionally interesting curling flowers are held above lacy fern like foliage. You ll notice that new flowers come on the plant once a month or so and then you can add those petals to salads.