Colorado's mountain wildflowers are famous for their beauty, and to my eye one of most handsome is silky phacelia, Phacelia sericea. It is a long-lived perennial that sprouts each year from a woody ...

Choosing a birth month wildflower feels especially meaningful because these plants are naturally in bloom when we mark our ...

Whether you like blue flowers, or bee-friendly flowers, annual wildflowers in the genus phacelia have a lot to offer. These spring to early summer bloomers come in a number of different species with ...

Attracting pollinators to the garden is always a priority for organic gardeners. Phacelia, a genus of 200 or so annuals and perennials native to the drier parts of North America, are one of the best ...

Growing phacelia or oil radish cover crops in vegetable rotations proved to be the most effective cover option in a trial investigating 26 different species and varieties. Run by Agri-Tech Cornwall ...