Why choose native plants? Pacific Northwest native plants know how to live here and how to thrive here. They often need much less water and less fertilizer. They spread slowly and are not invasive. They support a wide diversity of wildlife. And best of all, they look great!
Lacy Phacelia is a highly valued annual wildflower celebrated for its exceptional appeal to pollinators. Its delicate, fern-like foliage and lavender-blue, curling blossoms attract large numbers of honeybees, native bees, hoverflies, and other beneficial insects, making it a favorite in ecological gardens, farms, and habitat restoration projects. This species thrives in full sun and performs well in arid or drought-prone environments, although it grows best with moderate moisture during establishment. It prefers well-drained soils but is adaptable to a wide range of soil textures, from sandy to loamy to finer silts and clays, and can tolerate moderate salinity. Lacy Phacelia is a cool-season annual that grows rapidly and blooming usually starts in early to mid-spring and can continue well into summer, often lasting until mid-August before the plants naturally dry down and set seed. While it is not generally considered invasive, it can self-seed enthusiastically if left unmanaged, so some oversight is recommended in cultivated settings. Widely used as both an ornamental and a cover crop. Image courtesy of Silver Falls Seed Company. For a colorful 11×17 poster of all the PNW Native Annuals we offer, click here.
