Purple Pollen

[Millet]

What else produces purple pollen apart from Rose Bay Willow Herb as the bees are still bringing it in... they are hammering the red snow berry flowers but i suspect that is for the nectar .

 

[Birdie Wife]

Phacelia pollen is dark purple.

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[Millet]

What is Phacelia please and thank you.

 

[masterBK]

Phacelia in flower

 

[Millet]

Is it a late flowering weed of some sort.. we are isolated and have not seen that kind of flower/weed near this spot.

 

[TooBee...]

I know it as Purple Tansy, the bees love it, and it can be late flowering depending on when it is sown.

It will flower about 60 days after sowing, so if the weather is good (and it was) it could have been sown in July and be flowering in September. During the summer one would expect it to flower for 6 weeks, almost two months.

PS: It's most definitely not a weed, garden plant, can be sown in large swaths, looks fantastic!

 

[Millet]

I am not sure if it is my PC but several posts have disappeared from this thread in between the forum going offline ..

 

[Birdie Wife]

Phacelia is used a lot in green manures too, very useful plant used on a farm scale as well as allotments.

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[enrico]

Phacelia is used a lot in green manures too, very useful plant used on a farm scale as well as allotments.

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That's what I put but it disappeared!!
I also found a field of white flowers this year which turned out to be buck wheat, another green manure. Lots of bees on the flowers. Someone was asking about a field of white flowers this time last year. Couldn't find the post.
I put this on a new thread but that disappeared too, hence the comment here!
Cheers
E

 

[masterBK]

Buckwheat in flower in S Yorkshire

 

[Beefriendly]

Lot of the game cover crops have buckwheat, sunflowers, and other stuff.