Phacelia

Phacelia allows you to combine the useful with the pleasant. It is a green fertilizer. In the garden, it is grown to nourish the soil while enjoying its original flowers. It feeds the soil, attracts pollinating insects, suffocates weeds... We tell you the essentials about this melliferous plant with many resources. Phacelia is the leafy variety of tansy. It belongs to the Hydrophyllaceae family and is very easy to grow in the garden and requires little maintenance. It grows quickly, produces beautiful flowers, attracts bees and its roots loosen the soil.

Phacelia is sown directly into the ground with a broadcast sowing covering a few millimeters of soil. It is sown in the spring or in September-October in mild regions. Phacelia likes the sun. It likes clay, limestone, sandy soils and even humus but rather in a drained soil. It is watered by fine sprinkling so that the germination is fast. We water only until the emergence of seeds or if the ground is very dry.germination takes place approximately seven days after sowing.