Comfrey Evergreen

$14.00

Available Stock: 0

Family: Boraginaceae
Genus & Species: Symphytum grandiflorum

 

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Description

Heritage Status: Unknown
Bio-Region of Origin: Unknown
Quantity: 5 Plants

Please note we will aim to have plants up for sale in September/October.

Description: A perennial herb that has smaller leaves and is more compact than regular comfrey. Makes an excellent border plant, does not spread by seed and never loses it’s leaves. Has purple flowers.

For herbal leys, kikuyu barriers, liquid teas and feeding animals. An essential part of any garden and orchard/forest garden, an important mineral accumulator. Spreads by creeping rhizomes which can then be split off to create new plants. Difficult to remove totally once you have it so position it carefully! Not as deep rooting as Russian comfrey but grows quickly and can be cut several times a year for mulch.

Poultry love it and it can be difficult to establish in orchards where geese graze as they tend to eat it out.

The Koanga Garden Guide has a chapter on establishing perennial garden beds, and has instructions for how to take care of your perennial crops each month of the year.
The  free Knowledge Base on our website https://koanga.org.nz/  has some great information about key perennial crops

 

Planting Instructions: The order will contain starter clumps.  Plant in spring approx 50cm apart (closer for barrier planting).

 

Important: This product can only be purchased together with other products from the same restricted category group, and cannot be combined with unrelated products.