Symphytum officinale, no.4
A slowly spreading perennial with large, rough, hairy leaves and deep violet-blue flowers, held on 80cm tall flower-stems from May to October. This specific ‘no. 4’ variety is the best comfrey to use for making compost teas, a natural fertiliser. And in addition to this, it does not spread, unlike other comfreys, as its seeds are sterile and the plant has deeper roots rather than surface roots, so does not send up runners.
Comfrey likes growing in fertile, deep, moist soil in sun or partial shade, but once established it can grow nearly anywhere.
A slowly spreading perennial with large, rough, hairy leaves and deep violet-blue flowers, held on 80cm tall flower-stems from May to October. This specific ‘no. 4’ variety is the best comfrey to use for making compost teas, a natural fertiliser. And in addition to this, it does not spread, unlike other comfreys, as its seeds are sterile and the plant has deeper roots rather than surface roots, so does not send up runners.
Comfrey likes growing in fertile, deep, moist soil in sun or partial shade, but once established it can grow nearly anywhere.
A slowly spreading perennial with large, rough, hairy leaves and deep violet-blue flowers, held on 80cm tall flower-stems from May to October. This specific ‘no. 4’ variety is the best comfrey to use for making compost teas, a natural fertiliser. And in addition to this, it does not spread, unlike other comfreys, as its seeds are sterile and the plant has deeper roots rather than surface roots, so does not send up runners.
Comfrey likes growing in fertile, deep, moist soil in sun or partial shade, but once established it can grow nearly anywhere.