Wednesday 13th May 2026
Lacey Phacelia flowering at the Warminster Community Orchard, Boreham Road, Warminster.
Lacey Phacelia is also known as the purple tansy, the fiddleneck and the bee’s friend. Not only does it attract bees but also butterflies.
As well as attracting pollinators it is also a weed suppressor.
Lacey Phacelia is a native of the south-west USA and north Mexico but can now be found elsewhere in the USA and in Europe.
The seeds only germinate in darkness.
Photographs taken by Danny Howell on Wednesday 13th May 2026.