Pre-Order Comfrey, Russian Bocking 14 Cultivar

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Size is-5 inch Eco Pot- $10

Hardy in Zones 4 to 8

Herbaceous perennial flowering to 3 feet, a hybrid of Russian Symphytum asperum and European Symphytum officinalis.  Bocking 14 cultivar of Russian Comfrey (Symphytum x uplandicum).  Sterile hybrid does not make seeds.

Uses: Comfrey is commonly used in permaculture as a companion plant to fruit trees. Make the fresh leaves into biodynamic tea, and apply to your garden to increase vitality, growth, and to green up the leaves! Excellent ingredient for compost piles–fresh leaves compost fast and make a nitrogen-rich compost!  Fresh, rubbed leaves fed to ruminants, pigs and chickens to increase health and as a protein-rich nutrient dense feed.  Traditional usage of fresh or dried leaves or roots

Medicinally used externally to speed healing. Source of cell-proliferating molecule alantoin.

Space the plants at least 2 feet apart.  Comfrey prefers rich soil of medium moisture in the sun to part shade.  It is a heavy feeder and will reach monumental size if given composted manure under the cutting at transplant and/or around the crown of the plant during the growth cycle.

Size is-5 inch Eco Pot- $10

Hardy in Zones 4 to 8

Herbaceous perennial flowering to 3 feet, a hybrid of Russian Symphytum asperum and European Symphytum officinalis.  Bocking 14 cultivar of Russian Comfrey (Symphytum x uplandicum).  Sterile hybrid does not make seeds.

Uses: Comfrey is commonly used in permaculture as a companion plant to fruit trees. Make the fresh leaves into biodynamic tea, and apply to your garden to increase vitality, growth, and to green up the leaves! Excellent ingredient for compost piles–fresh leaves compost fast and make a nitrogen-rich compost!  Fresh, rubbed leaves fed to ruminants, pigs and chickens to increase health and as a protein-rich nutrient dense feed.  Traditional usage of fresh or dried leaves or roots

Medicinally used externally to speed healing. Source of cell-proliferating molecule alantoin.

Space the plants at least 2 feet apart.  Comfrey prefers rich soil of medium moisture in the sun to part shade.  It is a heavy feeder and will reach monumental size if given composted manure under the cutting at transplant and/or around the crown of the plant during the growth cycle.