Does anyone know an easy way to spot the difference between foxgloves and comfrey?
This photo is one I took this morning (before it started snowing). One is a foxglove and the other is a comfrey. I know which one of these is which (foxglove was removed from my coldframe for this picture) but in the garden I can't tell the difference.
Thanks for the replies the verbena and artemisia looks the best as i only want low growing plants about 4 to 6 inches high
joyce m
Joce I was going to suggest thymes/thrift/dianthus which is why I asked about aspect. They make a good carpet if it's a sunny site so long as drainage is good. Also some of the low growing alpines- loads to choose from- sedum, saxifrages etc., and dwarf bulbs for a bit of extra colour early on.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
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Thanks for the replies the verbena and artemisia looks the best as i only want low growing plants about 4 to 6 inches high
joyce m
Left is Foxglove, right Comfrey.
My money still on Foxglove and green alkanet.
In the sticks near Peterborough
Think I'd agree with you Nut
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Question - if gardeners didnt have the weather, and pests and weeds to complain about what would be the next topic of discontent?
I hope we'll get a photo when it flowers
In the sticks near Peterborough
Neighbours' fences and hedges?
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
And there'd always be something we wanted to grow but couldn't
In the sticks near Peterborough
Joce I was going to suggest thymes/thrift/dianthus which is why I asked about aspect. They make a good carpet if it's a sunny site so long as drainage is good. Also some of the low growing alpines- loads to choose from- sedum, saxifrages etc., and dwarf bulbs for a bit of extra colour early on.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...