Shade Phacelia : Phacelia nemoralis

Plant type: deciduous perennial

Height: 1'-3'

Light: full to part sun

Soil: moist to dry (well-drained)

PPL: YES

Red stemmed, fuzzy wuzzy leaves for the lambs ear lovers among us, this deep green plant actually loves the sun (it's named for its shade tolerance).

Gardeners may turn up their nose at the non-showy flowers but they'll eat their hat when they see all the bees you've attracted...

Nitrogen fixer, bee magnet, its flowers unfold like a scorpion tail. The greenish/white flowers tend to be showier when they dry into brown. Prolific seeder, caterpillar host plant, easy to grow. Very satisfying little round poof of a plant...