Family: Boraginaceae
Scientific Name: Symphytum grandiflorum
Common Name: Comfrey, Dwarf Comfrey
Description | A rhizomatous spreading plant with creamy white to white flowers. WIll naturalize in proper sites. |
Pronunciation | (SIM-fi-tum)(grand-i-FLO-um) |
Plant Type | All Plants, Perennials Hardy |
Hardiness Zone | 5-8 |
Sunlight | full, part sun, partial shade |
Moisture | average, moist, tolerates some dryness once established |
Soil & Site | average, rich, moist |
Flowers | creamy white to white, tubular, borne in drooping clusters (scorpiod cymes) |
Fruit | nutlets |
Leaves | green |
Stems | rhizomes |
Dimensions | 1.5 by 2 feet (HS) |
Maintenance | some pruning to maintain shape after bloom. |
Propagation | root cuttings or division. |
Native Site | Europe, the Caucasus, naturalized in UK |
Notes & Reference | #116-Pulmonarias and The Borage Family (Masha Bennit), #144-Missouri Botanical Gardens web site (www.missouribotanicalgarden.org) |
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