Family: Boraginaceae
Scientific Name: Symphytum grandiflorum Wisley Blue
Common Name: Wisley Blue Comfrey, Creeping Comfrey, Ornamental Comfrey.
| Description | A Comfrey cultivar with nice blue tubular flowers |
| Pronunciation | (SIM-fi-tum)(grand-i-FLO-um) |
| Plant Type | All Plants, Perennials Hardy |
| Hardiness Zone | 3-8 |
| Sunlight | full, part sun, partial shade |
| Moisture | average, moist, tolerates dry once established |
| Soil & Site | average, rich, moist |
| Flowers | blue, tubular, borne in terminal cymes |
| Leaves | green, tongue-shaped |
| Stems | rhizomatous, rough stems |
| Dimensions | 2 feet tall, rapid growing |
| Propagation | division |
| Author's Notes | I have seen this grow for many years at the Olbrich Botanical Gardens, USA. A good plant to add blue to the garden. |
| Notes & Reference | #04-Herbaceous Perennial Plants (Allan Armitage) |
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