I am envious of you Yviestevie as I have been looking for comfrey for ages, after moving house and leaving my existing clumps behind.. Had to grow it from seed this year, and it is at last taking off. I harvest it regularly to make comfrey tea to feed my tomatoes all through the season, and also to lay on the ground around the veg area. It makes a great addition to the compost heaps as well, so I use a lot of it and because I cut it so regularly it never seems to get out of control. Plus the bees love the flowers, so good all round from my point of view
Comfrey is a great garden plant. The flowers are loved by bees; the leaves make brilliant plant food and are excellent in the compost heap. I once made a soothing cream from the leaves for bumps and grazes, just for my grandchildren. I wouldn't be without it. I suppose we are all different.
Hi, Fidgetbones: I had heard that comfrey could be 'a bit of a brute' and take up a lot of room? Hence I'd shied away from giving it a go. Maybe Bocking 14 is better behaved?? [Btw: I've pm'd you on 11/8 re: Damsons].
Hi, thanks for that bit of information, I've just bought some cuttings from off of ebay now, they're perfect for what I want, that type, thanks a lot @fidget, the seller has over 600, and is 100% and all the comments people have left have seemed to be positive, so finger crossed I can plant them out and they grow
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I am envious of you Yviestevie as I have been looking for comfrey for ages, after moving house and leaving my existing clumps behind.. Had to grow it from seed this year, and it is at last taking off. I harvest it regularly to make comfrey tea to feed my tomatoes all through the season, and also to lay on the ground around the veg area. It makes a great addition to the compost heaps as well, so I use a lot of it and because I cut it so regularly it never seems to get out of control. Plus the bees love the flowers, so good all round from my point of view
Comfrey is a great garden plant. The flowers are loved by bees; the leaves make brilliant plant food and are excellent in the compost heap. I once made a soothing cream from the leaves for bumps and grazes, just for my grandchildren. I wouldn't be without it. I suppose we are all different.
Hit the nail on the head there both of you.. That's exactly why I want a little comfrey patch in my garden
@Philippa yeah, Id read abut you having to have gloves on as it will irritate your skin something rotten
You can get cuttings of Bocking 14 comfrey from the organic gardening catalogue.
This has the advantage of having no flowers and so will not seed about. It is one of the best types for making comfrey tea or compost.
Hi, Fidgetbones: I had heard that comfrey could be 'a bit of a brute' and take up a lot of room? Hence I'd shied away from giving it a go. Maybe Bocking 14 is better behaved?? [Btw: I've pm'd you on 11/8 re: Damsons].
Hi, thanks for that bit of information, I've just bought some cuttings from off of ebay now, they're perfect for what I want, that type, thanks a lot @fidget, the seller has over 600, and is 100% and all the comments people have left have seemed to be positive, so finger crossed I can plant them out and they grow
that's not comfrey and if you need any look in the lanes round about you will be able to pick some to make a feed for your plants.
have bought some bocking 14 cuttings now, Im not very good at identifying plants as shows above lol
don't worry,in time you will,