Name:
Comfrey or 'Knitbone'
Symphytum officinale

How many plants for average family:
1 plant per family

Type of plant:
Herbaceous perennial plants.

Best Varieties:

Sowing:
Comfrey is best grown from divisions dug up from the ground. Take the roots and some leaves attached and transplant to another spot or container. Keep moist until established.

Growing Habit:
Comfrey can be a very invasive plant in the garden. It is a dense ground-covering, low growing plant. The plant dies down in winter but comes back with a vengeance in spring followed by delicate pink flowers in summer.

Growing Conditions:
Comfrey needs fertile, moist conditions to do best. So plant it under a tree for good results. Comfrey is good planted as a border or near citrus because of its nitrogen and other minerals.

Comfrey has a deep tap root making it difficult to remove from the garden once established, yet it is by this root that the plant can accumulate many essential minerals from deep in the soil and bring them to the surface.

Make sure to plant it where you want it to remain.