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Name: Caroline Scott Calgary (Zone 4a)            CarolineScott Nov 24, 2012 8:29 AM CST |
| The following do well as a direct sow late winter here: phacelia campanula (California Bluebells) phacelia tanecetifolia (mauve flowers on lacy foliage) can be weedy,but easily pulled ---- this flowers early in June---if cut back it will give another flush of flowers in late summer ---- a real bee magnet phacelia grandiflora ( flatter flowers on tall plants) Because I have only a few seeds of these-they will be a WS: phacelia sericea (native to Alberta Rockies) blue flowers phacelia linearis (native Nevada mountains) blue to purple flowers phacelia hasata (native Nevada mountains) pink flowers phacelia bolandeiri (native to B.C.) blue/mauve flowers |
Name: Lori Calgary, Alberta, Canada   growitall Nov 24, 2012 10:07 AM CST |
| I love Phacelia, especially the blue annuals - the colour just glows! Phacelia sericea will be a good subject for the rock garden,where the drainage will keep it away from any winter wet, which seems to be a good idea even here in our dry climate. (Makes sense as its a montane/alpine species and a native of the Rockies to the west of here.) They tend to be fairly fussy to grow (as I've heard from people on other forums), and it was indeed very short-lived for me planted in regular soil (where it rotted off the next spring after blooming.) My first attempt in the garden in regular soil (#1) and some pics of it (doing much better  ) in the wild:      I was given a seedling of it last year and planted it in the tufa garden - it hasn't bloomed yet. |
Name: Caroline Scott Calgary (Zone 4a) CarolineScott Nov 25, 2012 5:22 AM CST |
| Thank you for the pics and info on the sericea variety. Now I will treat it as an alpine. Another variety, that I have a few seeds for, is the Phacelia bolandeiri, a B.C. and Alberta native plant. |
Name: Allison NJ (Zone 6a)          |
| awesome info.. thanks!! |
Name: Caroline Scott Calgary (Zone 4a) CarolineScott Nov 25, 2012 5:28 AM CST |
| After the seeds are WS and sprout etc., I'll update on the progress of the other varieties. |
Name: Caroline Scott Calgary (Zone 4a) CarolineScott Nov 25, 2012 5:53 AM CST |
| This is a large genus of plants---see the many varieties in the ATP database. We need more pictures and information on all of these. One thing----I was dissapointed by one packet of seeds this past summer. It showed the phacelia visida on the front, but the plants turned out to be phacelia grandiflora. I had those packets in previous years, and they gave the right plants. |
Name: Calin Weston-super-mare UK (Zone 7b)   fixpix Nov 27, 2012 4:38 AM CST |
| Wow, I think I got P. campanula from a trade. So it's best I wintersow it? Directly in the garden? I don't want to fail. |
Name: Caroline Scott Calgary (Zone 4a) CarolineScott Nov 27, 2012 2:36 PM CST |
| They germinate best from the cold. Here I would wintersow, or get them in the ground while we are still having freeze and thaw cycles. You might try half the seeds as wintersowing, and the other half as direct sowing? |
Name: Calin Weston-super-mare UK (Zone 7b) fixpix Nov 28, 2012 12:44 AM CST |
| Yup. Usually I tend to divide seeds (if I got plenty) and seems like I have. I'll give it a try. :) |
Name: Caroline Scott Calgary (Zone 4a) CarolineScott Nov 28, 2012 9:02 AM CST |
| Just a note to growitall: It would be nice if you donated some pictures to the database on phacelias. Anybody else have pictures? |
Name: Lori Calgary, Alberta, Canada growitall Dec 2, 2012 11:57 AM CST |
| Yes, I'll do that, Caroline. Phacelia bolanderi is not actually native here... it's a plant of the Pacific NW, apparently: http://www.google.ca/imgres?q=... It's a beauty: http://www.google.ca/search?cl... It looks like we have 5 Phacelia species here, all native.... I'm only familiar with Phacelia sericea. Guess I need to keep a look out for some of these others when we go out hiking!  |
Name: Caroline Scott Calgary (Zone 4a) CarolineScott Dec 3, 2012 11:48 AM CST |
| I got that from a USDA map---but maybe not accurate? I'll be looking for more of these too. |
Name: Lori Calgary, Alberta, Canada growitall Dec 3, 2012 2:16 PM CST |
| Here's the distribution of Phacelia bolanderi from USDA Plants... native to the Pacific northwest and apparently not found in Alberta or even BC. http://plants.usda.gov/java/na... |
Name: Caroline Scott Calgary (Zone 4a) CarolineScott Dec 4, 2012 7:07 AM CST |
| Thanks! I also was told it was a B.C. native by the supplier? |
Name: Lori Calgary, Alberta, Canada growitall Dec 4, 2012 7:20 AM CST |
Oh well, wonder which one they were thinking of, or which one you actually got.  Here are the Phacelia that occur in BC: http://linnet.geog.ubc.ca/DB_Q... |
Name: Caroline Scott Calgary (Zone 4a) CarolineScott Dec 4, 2012 7:28 AM CST |
| We shall see in the spring---which one it is. |
Name: Betsy Texas (Zone 9a)            piksihk Dec 28, 2012 8:41 PM CST |
| I just sowed some seeds of phacelia tanecetifolia - my first time to have these seeds. I'm looking forward to seeing them flower. While the earth remains, Seed time and harvest, Cold and heat, Winter and summer, And day and night Shall not cease. Gen. 8:22 |
Name: Caroline Scott Calgary (Zone 4a) CarolineScott Dec 29, 2012 8:06 AM CST |
| They are a soft mauve and different flower. If they look weedy after the first flowering---you can cut them back, water them, and obtain a second flush of flowers. Bees love them. |
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