Mystery plant

buddyandmorse · April 2022

Dear Members.

Could you ID this plant for me.

Flowering Spring. Perennial.

Dorset in my new garden.

Thank you

philippasmith2 · April 2022

Comfrey....Borage.....or similar ?

Woodgreen · April 2022

Looks like comfrey, one of the spreading ones?

Silver surfer · April 2022

Symphytum...common name Comfrey.
Maybe Symphytum Hidcote Blue ....a dwarf one.

https://www.google.com/search?q=symphytum+hidcote+blue&client=firefox-b-d&hl=en&sxsrf=APq-WBvU7w1ooNhfINXtvgQOD_c30Em4Yg:1649695787729&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj-2ajbu4z3AhVllFwKHTlpD5sQ_AUoAnoECAEQBA&biw=1276&bih=559&dpr=1.5

fidgetbones · April 2022

Comfrey. Borage is an annual that will just be germinating.

nutcutlet · April 2022

fidgetbones said:

Comfrey. Borage is an annual that will just be germinating.

Here, in the soft South, Borage over-winters, coming up to flower now. But the post is still a Comfrey

fidgetbones · April 2022

Ha ha . Mine never overwinters.

JennyJ · April 2022

Yes, comfrey. It looks just like the patch that I dug out yesterday. I have a variegated one and sometimes it produces reverted plain green clumps that are much more vigorous.

thevictorian · April 2022

It looks the same as the one I have which I think is iberian comfrey, perhaps Wisley blue. It's a creeping comfrey and better behaved than most of the others. It's and so positively humming with bees this time of year and on an off till winter.

buddyandmorse · April 2022

Dear Members.

Thank you all for naming the plant. I will reserve a little patch for this Comfrey for the bees.

: )

Fairygirl · April 2022

It's also very useful as a food for plants, if you want to use the leaves for that @buddyandmorse. You soak the foliage in water, weigh it down, and the liquid produced can be diluted and used on your garden

There's various threads about it - I think there was a recent one, if that's of any interest to you.

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