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PHACELIA
(Named
from the Greek for cluster; refers to clustering of
flowers)
The best
known sort is Phacelia campanularia, the Harebell
Phacelia, which bears Gentian-blue, bell-shaped flowers
with contrasting white stamens on one-sided curved racemes.
The plants grow 9 inches tall and are somewhat hairy.
They remain in bloom for a long time, the flowers being
produced in one-sided curving clusters. P. whitlavia,
the Bluebell P., grows 18 inches tall, differing
from the above in having a swollen corolla tube three
times as long as the lobes.
UTILIZE.
Phacelias are excellent edging plants for blue effects
and admirably suited to the rockery. They may be grown
in pots in a cool greenhouse.
GENERAL.
The seeds may be sown in the open ground in May. It
will be well to pinch back a few of the plants while
young; this will delay flower production, but result
in well-formed plants. These plants prefer full sun
and a light soil. Let them stand 8 inches apart.
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