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Fleurelle Flower Farm

Bee's Friend

Bee's Friend

Phacelia tanacetifolia

$6.50 CAD
$6.50 CAD
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A flower with a name as sweet as its nature—Bee’s Friend is a dreamy annual that seems spun from fairy gardens. Its feathery green foliage gives rise to soft, lavender-blue blossoms that unfurl in delicate curls, almost like a secret love note written to the bees. Beloved by pollinators of every kind, this bloom hums with life, turning any corner of the garden into a living symphony of wings and whispers.

Details:
Plant type: hardy annual
Site: full sun
Planting depth: ¼ inch
Plant spacing: 6 to 9 in
Plant height: 18 to 30 in
Germination rate: TBA
Seeds per packet: 50
Seed origin: Ontario, Canada

Growing

Site: full sun
Planting depth: ¼ in
Day to germinate: 3 to 10 days
Plant spacing: 12 in
Pinch: at 12 in tall
Bloom time: mid-summer to frost
Days to maturity: 75 to 90 days

Start seeds indoors 4-6 weeks before your last frost date. Place in a warm area to germinate. Plant outdoors once chances of frost have passed. Seeds can also be direct sowed in the garden. Cosmos can tolerate some cool weather. Pinch plants once they've reached 12 inches to encourage branching and more blooms.

Harvesting

Cosmos flowers should be harvested at the 'cracking bud stage' when the buds are coloured but not yet fully open, or when the first few petals have just begun to unfurl. This stage ensures a longer vase life and allows the blooms to fully open after being cut.

Shipping

Due to export restrictions shipping is available within Canada only. All orders are shipped via Canada Post. Flower seeds ship as soon as they are place in the order they've been received.
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