Phacelia Plant. Its eye catching purple flowers are particularly good at attracting bees and other beneficial insects. Used as a soil improving green manure.
Phacelia can be pulled up and composted or turned under any time. It is a heavy nectar producer. Phacelia tanacetifolia is an annual flower native to the southwestern united states and mexico that belongs to either the boraginaceae or hydrophyllaceae family (botanical opinions differ).
