trefle.io · Taken Oct 4, 2018 by Wolfgang Jauch (cc-by-sa)
Boraginaceae
Fiddleneck
Phacelia tanacetifolia
Also known as Phacelia tripinnata, Phacelia tanacetifolia var. tenuifolia, Tarweed, Phacelia tanacetifolia var. cinerea
Flowering Plants · Native Plants · Wildflower · Pollinator · Annual · Cottage Garden · Bee-Friendly · Groundcover · Meadow · Blue Flower · Easy-Grow
Fiddleneck is a fast-growing annual wildflower that thrives in full sun to partial shade with moderate watering. Direct-sow seeds in spring or fall into well-draining soil and thin seedlings to about 6 inches apart. It is an excellent pollinator attractor and requires very little hands-on care once established.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 6 hours
- Watering
- Water moderately; keep soil evenly moist but not waterlogged · Every 7-10 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil pH
- 6.4–8.6
- Cycle
- Perennial
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Spacing
- 6 in apart
- Growth rate
- Fast
- Flowers
- Blue
- Foliage
- Green · Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Alberta, Algeria, Altay, Amur, Arizona, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, California, Canary Is., Central European Rus, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, France
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies, Moths
Sources: trefle, usda
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