How to Grow Phacelia Campanularia

 

The desert bluebells plants are known by its scientific name Phacelia campanularia ssp. Vasiformis. The flowers of these plants are also bright and beautiful in the home garden setting. Keep reading to learn how to grow Phacelia campanularia.  

 

Desert Bluebells Plant Info

The desert bluebells plants are actually native annual herbs that like sun and dry soil. The desert bluebells themselves are stiff and erect. If you start growing desert bluebells phacelia campanularia you’ll find that the oval leaves are rounded and covered with fine hairs. The desert bluebell plant flowers are large, bell-shaped, and a vivid shade of blue. They actually have yellow anthers that protrude from the bell of the petals.   

 

How to Grow Phacelia Campanularia

Desert bluebells phacelia campanularia grow naturally in deserts in southern California. Occasionally they flower en masse after a wet winter, with thousands of them forming masses of sapphire blue. If you’d like to see that gorgeous blue color in your own garden, you may want to know how to grow a desert bluebells phacelia campanularia. First you need to check your hardiness zone. Desert bluebells phacelia campanularia care is easy if you plant the flowers in USDA plant hardiness zones nine through ten. Site the Desert bluebells in a full sun location. The desert bluebells phacelia campanularia need well-draining soil, either coarse or sandy. Act in late summer or early fall, sprinkling the phacelia campanularia seeds on top of the soil to give them the light they require to grow.   

Before you start growing desert bluebells phacelia campanularia, you will actually want to know their mature size. They can get to about twenty-four inches tall and eighteen inches wide. The flowers appear in February and March and last about a month.  

 

How to Care for Desert Bluebell

The desert bluebells phacelia campanularia are native’s plant and native plants know how to fend for themselves. For example, once the desert bluebells phacelia campanularia are established, do not irrigate them. The desert bluebells phacelia campanularia will make do with whatever water is available. Don’t use any fertilize .