Bee's Friend 'Californian Bluebell'

Phacelia tanacetifolia

How to grow Bee's Friend 'Californian Bluebell'

  • Full Sun

  • Medium

Try to plant in a location that enjoys full sun and remember to water moderately. A soil ph of between 6.4 and 8.6 is ideal for Californian Bluebell as it does best in weakly acidic soil - weakly alkaline soil.

Growing Californian Bluebell from seed

Place them in a dark place for germination.

By our calculations, you should look at sowing Californian Bluebell about 35 days before your last frost date.

Transplanting Californian Bluebell

Harvesting Californian Bluebell

Californian Bluebell folklore & trivia

The seeds of this plant are “photo-dormant” and will only germinate in darkness.1

Other Names for Bee's Friend 'Californian Bluebell'

Lacy phacelia

Footnotes

1 www.calflora.org/cgi-bin/…taxon=Phacelia tanacetifolia