I've wanted to start growing comfrey for some time,reading anything and everything on its history of use. On Jul 6, 2004, dbjccomfrey from Norridgewock, ME wrote: But I can't say enough good about the comfrey plant. I have a huge plant this year and will have to probably use some for compost around tomato plants next year as I have way too much for making salve this year. read more for 2 weeks, but it wasn't doing anything so I starting using my salve again and within 3 days it skinned over and you can hardly even see a scar there. Of course he made me use an antibiotic covered. He could not believe I didn't end up in the ER. for the pain to go away but my whole stomach was dark red. I grabbed the salve and put it all over my stomach. I had nothing in the house to put on it as it was 4 am in the morning. I dropped a teakettle of boiling hot water on my stomach while making a thermos of tea for my husband. And I can say nothing but good of this plant when made of salve. Well, I got no flowers last year but did get enough leaves to make a very small batch of salve to give out as Christmas gifts. Another friend sent me a small tiny plant in April 2005. On Aug 20, 2006, UpstateWomanNY from Port Jervis, NY wrote:Ī friend of mine sent me a recipe to make homemade comfrey salve. Two years later, I have this plant growing by my front door and I realize it is from the Comfrey seed I had planted before! It was beautiful but later in the summer when it got so big, it started collapsing and getting in the way of my door. I had bought Comfrey seed, planted them in the spring and they never came up that summer. On Nov 28, 2007, creekwalker from Benton County, MO (Zone 5a) wrote: Black-stemmed peppermint, comfrey, egyptian walking onions and sedum as well as the comfrey!*grin*) Symphytum officianale Patch#My one tall comfrey plant became over the years, a patch of about 10 plants. My Comfrey patch flourishes here in zone 3b, Minnesota! No problems!Ī couple of years ago, a well-meaning relative decided to rototill my side garden when I wasn't home. On May 30, 2008, Rowan_linnea from Isle, MN (Zone 3b) wrote: Great medicinal plant, and also good supplement for any grass eating animal. I typically get 3-4 bloomings per season from mine. When it flops over, cut it back hard, it will come back again and again. On Nov 19, 2009, bonehead from Cedarhome, WA (Zone 8b) wrote: I planted the same number of those in seed pots as this mistaken plant …but this one took off like gangbusters. It’s typical that I lost or failed to germinate so many seed plants I wanted…poppies, nasturtium, calendula. I’m afraid I won’t be able to pull this stuff out in the spring. The flowers do attract bees but there are too few of them to justify the size of this plant in a flower bed. It is certainly easy to grow and isn’t fuss. I guess if you *want* comfrey, you’ll like it. And there are 5 more that haven’t bloomed yet. I planted them in a flower bed here and there for vertical filler. The leaves are huge and wide.įinally they bloomed in September. All the seeds germinated really quickly and never stopped growing. I put some in seed pots because the photos of Verbascum chaixii 'Album' looked so pretty. When I saw they came from Russia, I hesitated to plant them. I ordered Verbascum chaixii 'Album' seeds on Etsy. On Sep 4, 2022, hamptons from Watermill, NY wrote: This plant is said to grow outdoors in the following regions: Properly cleaned, seed can be successfully stored Regional May be a noxious weed or invasive Soil pH requirements:ħ.6 to 7.8 (mildly alkaline) Patent Information:īy dividing the rootball Seed Collecting:Īllow seedheads to dry on plants remove and collect seeds Parts of plant are poisonous if ingested Bloom Color: USDA Zone 9b: to -3.8 ☌ (25 ☏) Where to Grow: Requires consistently moist soil do not let dry out between waterings Sun Exposure: Average Water Needs Water regularly do not overwater
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