Large Leaf Comfrey (live root) (FREE)
We love comfrey! It’s such an important garden, permaculture, ecological and medicinal herb. Each order will recieve one free comfrey root start. If you’d like more, there are root bundles for sale! All you need to do is bury the root start 3-4” underground, and gently mulch. Excellent for between and around fruit trees. Easy to divide and propagate once established.
Latin Name: Symphytum officinale. Family: Boraginaceae (Borage)
USDA hardiness zone: 4
Growth habit: Spreading large herb
Mature size: 1 ft.
Native range: Eurasia
Preferred habitat: Garden soil, full sun
Pollinators: Bees
Edible parts: Medicinal leaves and Flowers (in moderation)
Uses and functions: Medicinal, Nutrient accumulator
Clumping herb to 3'. Nutrient accumulator par excellence. Bee forage, deep medicinal roots and leaves for injury and bone healing. Tasty flowers. Compost tea, livestock food. Plant 2-3 under mature fruit trees at drip line. Tenacious taproot.
We love comfrey! It’s such an important garden, permaculture, ecological and medicinal herb. Each order will recieve one free comfrey root start. If you’d like more, there are root bundles for sale! All you need to do is bury the root start 3-4” underground, and gently mulch. Excellent for between and around fruit trees. Easy to divide and propagate once established.
Latin Name: Symphytum officinale. Family: Boraginaceae (Borage)
USDA hardiness zone: 4
Growth habit: Spreading large herb
Mature size: 1 ft.
Native range: Eurasia
Preferred habitat: Garden soil, full sun
Pollinators: Bees
Edible parts: Medicinal leaves and Flowers (in moderation)
Uses and functions: Medicinal, Nutrient accumulator
Clumping herb to 3'. Nutrient accumulator par excellence. Bee forage, deep medicinal roots and leaves for injury and bone healing. Tasty flowers. Compost tea, livestock food. Plant 2-3 under mature fruit trees at drip line. Tenacious taproot.
We love comfrey! It’s such an important garden, permaculture, ecological and medicinal herb. Each order will recieve one free comfrey root start. If you’d like more, there are root bundles for sale! All you need to do is bury the root start 3-4” underground, and gently mulch. Excellent for between and around fruit trees. Easy to divide and propagate once established.
Latin Name: Symphytum officinale. Family: Boraginaceae (Borage)
USDA hardiness zone: 4
Growth habit: Spreading large herb
Mature size: 1 ft.
Native range: Eurasia
Preferred habitat: Garden soil, full sun
Pollinators: Bees
Edible parts: Medicinal leaves and Flowers (in moderation)
Uses and functions: Medicinal, Nutrient accumulator
Clumping herb to 3'. Nutrient accumulator par excellence. Bee forage, deep medicinal roots and leaves for injury and bone healing. Tasty flowers. Compost tea, livestock food. Plant 2-3 under mature fruit trees at drip line. Tenacious taproot.
