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Plant I.D.

Quercusrobur81Quercusrobur81 Posts: 231
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Good morning, does anybody know what this spreading plant is? It had a lovely flower last year (spring time I think)-could it be comfry?


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  • Quercusrobur81Quercusrobur81 Posts: 231
    Hi Hazel, thanks for replying-Certainly similar but the flowers maybe had a bit more of an arc to them, less upright... 
  • Silver surferSilver surfer Posts: 4,719
    edited April 2018
    With flowers curled like that I believe it belongs in Boraginaceae
    .......it reminds me of Phacelia...but obviously leaves are wrong.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boraginaceae

    I just cannot think what it is.

    Elspeth where do you live?

    Perthshire. SCOTLAND .
  • DampGardenManDampGardenMan Posts: 1,054
    Comfrey was my first thought. Wait until/if it flowers and it might be easier to tell.
  • Quercusrobur81Quercusrobur81 Posts: 231
    Hi there silver surfer-I live in east Scotland, looked up your suggestion and think possibly the flowers were white or pink? 
    Damp garden man I can repost when they bloom-there are some buds so shouldn’t be too long (if the sun would ever shine...). Thanks for replying 
  • BobTheGardenerBobTheGardener Posts: 11,384
    Agree with SS - could it be a heliotrope?
    A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,445
    Agree with Damp garden Man, Comfrey, the little white early flowering one whose name I've forgotten. 


    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • Paul B3Paul B3 Posts: 3,154
    Maybe Creeping Comfrey (Symphytum grandiflorum) ; flowers begin as pink then turn white . Very early flowering .
  • Quercusrobur81Quercusrobur81 Posts: 231
    Definitely not a heliotrope, very similar leaves though... thanks everyone, I hope it is comfrey so I can make some liquid feed out of it... 👍
  • MarranMarran Posts: 195
    Looks like my Honesty .. but, I've a lot to learn  :D
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