Sign up to receive updates, promotions, and gardening tips. More info in Comfrey here! Comfrey: Is it Right for Your Garden? (Siskiyou Seeds Blog Article Link!) Well known for centuries as a medicinal plant, but the leaves are now regularly. (Symphytum officinale) is a non-edible perennial native wildflower with attractive drooping clusters of blue, purple, pink or cream, bell-shaped flowers in early summer. Once established its deep root system is known to 'mine' up minerals and nutrients making them available in the more shallow areas of the soil. Judds creek road, Judbury, Tasmania, Australia. While regular Comfrey spreads by seed the strain we carry - Russian Blocking 14 - grows through root cuttings which makes it special and more manageable.Ĭo-founder of Permaculture, Bill Mollison identified comfrey as his favorite plant!Ĭan spread a few feet so plant in a location where that is acceptable.

Numerous species of livestock are quite fond of eating it as it is very rich in minerals. Leaves grow to 24'+ and can be harvested for medicine, mulch or composted. Comfrey works great under fruit trees to out compete grasses and other weeds. You will receive a crown cutting that has both leaf buds and roots that will grow quickly and spread. Comfrey - Symphytum officinale - 5 Seeds.

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Russian Comfrey - Blocking 14 strain (seed is sterile) Symphytum x uplandicumĬomfrey is a miraculously hardy perennial herb that is renowned for it use herbally to aid in the healing of wounds, sprains and broken bones. Shop now at Seeds For Africa for a massive range of Herb Seeds.

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