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Caucasian Comfrey in the GardenTags plant encyclopedia

Symphytum caucasicum

 

Caucasian Comfrey

Comfrey is a perennial deciduous plant that can be used for making a liquid fertiliser, as a green manure, or for making a herbal tea. Choose the growing site with care - it can grow for 20 years!. It can be invasive. The plant forms a clump. The leaves are oval, around 25 cms. long, and the clusters of flowers in late Spring and Summer are tubular bell-shaped and nodding. Caucasian comfrey bears clusters of blue flowers in Summer

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plant Features
  • Caucasian Comfrey likes full sun

    Full sun

  • Caucasian Comfrey likes occasional watering

    Occasional watering

  • Caucasian Comfrey is full frost hardy: 5f (-15°c)

    Full Frost Hardy: 5F (-15°C)

  • Caucasian Comfrey likes free draining and fertile

    Free draining and fertile

 
plant information

Common name

Caucasian Comfrey

Latin name

Symphytum caucasicum

type

Perennial Herb

family

Boraginaceae

ph

5.5 - 7.5 Acid - Neutral

  • Light

    Caucasian Comfrey likes full sun

    Full sun

  • Frost

    Caucasian Comfrey is full frost hardy: 5f (-15°c)

    Full Frost Hardy: 5F (-15°C)

  • Soil

    Caucasian Comfrey likes free draining and fertile

    Free draining and fertile

  • Water

    Caucasian Comfrey likes occasional watering

    Occasional watering

Plant & bloom calendar

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    Best time to plant
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full grown dimensions

The size of a fully grown Caucasian Comfrey is 0.50meters x 0.60meters 0.50 M 0.60 M

Symphytum caucasicum

Comfrey is a perennial deciduous plant that can be used for making a liquid fertiliser, as a green manure, or for making a herbal tea. Choose the growing site with care - it can grow for 20 years!. It can be invasive. The plant forms a clump. The leaves are oval, around 25 cms. long, and the clusters of flowers in late Spring and Summer are tubular bell-shaped and nodding. Caucasian comfrey bears clusters of blue flowers in Summer


Propagating by seed

From Early Spring TO Early Summer

Sow comfrey seed outdoors from early Spring to early Summer in a sunny spot , in moist, fertile, well drained soil.

 

Flowering

From Early Summer TO Late Summer

Comfrey flowers from early Summer to mid Summer

 

Planting

From Late Spring TO Early Summer

Plant seedlings out when they are large enough to handle. Thin seedlings that were sown direct to 60cm (48") apart.

 
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