Desert Bluebells - Phacelia Campanularia
My friend, Ronn Smith sent roughly seeds from his planting of Phacelia campanularia final summer. This wintertime I planted them inwards the garden shed. Today, here's how the seedlings looked - tiny!
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Smith lives inwards Phoenix as well as these beauties are drought tolerant as well as perennial inwards zones vii through 10.
It is a California desert native, tin grow inwards sunny, tight spaces, as well as enjoys taking the spotlight at the front end edge of a bloom bed inwards the spring. When selecting the correct house for them, cry upward that they thrive on the dry out slopes inwards their native Southern CA.
The entire constitute is nether a human foot tall only has brilliant bluish flowers amongst yellowish stamens for a month.
They desire gritty reason that drains well. Although they are annual plants they tin reappear from seeds dropped afterwards the outset frost.
They are business office of the Boraginaceae solid unit of measurement as well as if you lot honey Borage only can't grow it, this is your plant. I honey Borage only it is equally good hot as well as humid hither inwards zone vii NE OK. It blooms as well as thence dies inside a few weeks.
The flowers attract bees as well as butterflies thence constitute them where it's OK to bring buzzing. At Sarah Raven's wonderful site, she says it was the reveal on favorite constitute of Vita Sackville-West.
It is a California desert native, tin grow inwards sunny, tight spaces, as well as enjoys taking the spotlight at the front end edge of a bloom bed inwards the spring. When selecting the correct house for them, cry upward that they thrive on the dry out slopes inwards their native Southern CA.
The entire constitute is nether a human foot tall only has brilliant bluish flowers amongst yellowish stamens for a month.
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| Photo: Ronn Smith |
They are business office of the Boraginaceae solid unit of measurement as well as if you lot honey Borage only can't grow it, this is your plant. I honey Borage only it is equally good hot as well as humid hither inwards zone vii NE OK. It blooms as well as thence dies inside a few weeks.
The flowers attract bees as well as butterflies thence constitute them where it's OK to bring buzzing. At Sarah Raven's wonderful site, she says it was the reveal on favorite constitute of Vita Sackville-West.