Facelia seeds for sale, siderate + honeydew, Kyiv region.

Facelia - an annual plant of the water lily family. It forms a branched stem 40-80 cm high, covered with hairs. Phacelia leaves are alternate, sometimes with a bluish tint. Flowers are bisexual, with a double 5-membered perianth, collected in a curl. In the top inflorescences, 4-10 such curls develop, in which there are 40-70 flowers. Corolla in tansy-leaved phacelia is bell-shaped, blue or pale blue in color. The flower has 5 stamens protruding from the corolla.

The great advantages of phacelia include its large spread and the fact that it is undemanding to the soil, has abundant nectar release and long-lasting flowering.
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Pollen cover of dark purple color. At the base of the flower, around the ovary, there is a ring-shaped glandular formation - the nectary.

If the field is sown withseeds phacelia in the spring, flowering begins in 35-40 days and lasts up to 1.5 months. Each flower lives for 2 days, releasing up to 4-5 mg of nectar during this time. Bees visit Phacelia flowers throughout the day, collecting nectar and pollen. Honey productivity reaches 200-300 kg from one hectare,sown with phacelia tansy and depends mainly on the abundance of flowers on the sowing area. Honey from phacelia is white or light green in color and has a delicate taste and delicate smell, and is highly valuable.

It is important to know: if the weather is wet,phacelia seeds give sprouts usually on the eighth day. If the forecast turned out to be dry, then it is necessary to expect sprouts from the seeds of phacelia no earlier than two weeks after sowing.