Comfrey - Symphytum Officinale - Organic perennial

Symphytum officinale is called common comfrey in Dutch. It is a deciduous perennial with a bushy upright but wide-spreading habit. The leaves are large, dark green, lanceolate and rough-haired. This comfrey flowers from May to July with highly variable-coloured (pink, white, purple), bell-shaped flowers in pendulous flower clusters. Symphytum officinale likes a position in sun or semi-shade and a neutral, moist soil. The plant has medicinal power and the leaf litter is a good compost activator. Common comfrey is well hardy and once established is also fairly drought tolerant. It is a good carrier plant for bees and can also tolerate some air pollution.

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