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Lacy Phacelia Seeds by Seattle Seed Company

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Features and Use for Lacy Phacelia

Brand or supplier
Seattle Seed Company
Product type
Flowers
Botanical Name
Phacelia tanacetifolia
Plant Type
Annual (self-sowing)
Planting Time
Early spring or fall
Planting Depth
⅛–¼ inch
Spacing
6–9 inches apart
Days to Germination
7–14 days
Days to First Bloom
50–60 days
Bloom Period
June–September
Mature Height
18–36 inches
Light Needs
Full sun
Water Needs
Low to moderate — drought tolerant
Difficulty
Easy
Seed Type
Open-Pollinated
Bonus
Outstanding pollinator plant; green manure crop; companion plant

What arrives

One Lacy Phacelia Seeds in the selected option unless the product page clearly lists a set or kit. Props and styling accessories shown in photos are not included.

Plant and garden compatibility

How Lacy Phacelia Fits Your Garden

Use Lacy Phacelia Seeds for the listed garden, watering, or growing task. Confirm the size option shown on this page, coverage, connection, seed type, or tool fit before use.

Ensuring proper growing conditions and placement

Best with the garden beds, hoses, faucets, soil, seed trays, irrigation parts, or outdoor spaces that match the product's listed specs.

Always follow the manufacturer's care, use, and safety guidance.

Ordering and care basics

Shipping and Returns for Lacy Phacelia Seeds

Shipping Details

Shipping rates and estimated delivery times are shown at checkout.

Return Policy

Return requests are accepted within 30 days of delivery. Contact Resin Society first for damaged, defective, incorrect, or missing items and we will coordinate directly with Seattle Seed Company.
Lacy Phacelia flowers with intricate lacy leaves and violet-blue blooms

Quiet drama, sown

A slim kraft packet with a sweep of violet—inside, a meadow’s worth of lace and hum.

Garden notes

Where bees linger, mornings slow

A violet ribbon through the plot

Gardens often stall between early spring and high summer, leaving beds bare and pollinators wandering. Lacy Phacelia fills that gap with ferny foliage and violet-blue curls that open for months. Sown where you’ll pass by daily, it turns a path into a small procession of honeybees and bumblebees. When the show winds down, its spent stems enrich the soil when turned in.

Bloom, hum, renew

Bee’s Friend doesn’t just decorate—it feeds. From June to September, the flowers offer steady forage while you tend vegetables nearby. In mild climates, it self-sows, stitching the habit back into next year’s rhythm. A living thread that keeps the garden working and alive.

For the hands-in-the-soil

Home gardeners who want long, pollinator-rich bloom with an easy annual that can naturalize and improve beds.

How to sow

Direct sow Lacy Phacelia seeds in early spring or fall into moist soil, thin to 6–9 inches, and let the bed carry color and pollinators through summer.
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About Seattle Seed Company

Seattle Seed Company, based in Freeland, WA, brings together seeds and garden-growing products with a small, purposeful selection of plant & herb growing kits and chairs. The collection sits where home, garden, and maker living overlap: practical supplies for people building hands-on outdoor spaces and objects—like chairs with enough form and material presence—to anchor a porch, sunroom, or corner of the house. Buyers will appreciate items chosen for how they shape both a project and a place: tools and kits that start gardens, and singular furnishings that help organize and define the space around them. These are pieces for making, planting, and living with intention.
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Your questions answered

Lacy Phacelia Seeds FAQs

When should I plant Lacy Phacelia?
Direct sow in early spring or fall when temperatures are cool and soil is moist.
How far apart should the plants be?
Thin seedlings to 6–9 inches apart.
How long until it blooms?
Expect first blooms in about 50–60 days, with flowers continuing June through September.
Does it need full sun and much water?
It prefers full sun and has low to moderate water needs; it is drought tolerant.
Will it return on its own?
Yes, in mild climates it self-seeds and can naturalize in beds and borders.