Comfrey — "Bocking 14"

Symphytum officinale

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Growth conditions
USDA Hardiness zone	3-9 Learn more
Light requirement	Full sun, Partial sun/shade
Water requirement	Moist
Soil type	Light (sandy), Medium, Heavy (clay)
Physical characteristics
Height	1.2
Cultivation details
Life cycle	Perennial
Layer	Herbs
Growth	Fast
Spacing	60cm
Uses
Edible	True
Edible parts	Leaves
Names
Alternate name	Common comfrey, Comfrey, Symphytum
German name	Beinwell, Wallwurz, Beinwurz
Dutch name	Gewone smeerwortel
Danish name	Lægekulsukker
Taxonomy
Family	Boraginaceae
Origin and spread
Native to	Altay, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Central European Rus, Czechoslovakia, East European Russia, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Italy, Kazakhstan, Krym, Netherlands, North Caucasus, Northwest European R, Poland, Romania, Sardegna, Sicilia, South European Russi, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Ukraine, West Siberia, Yugoslavia
Introduced into	Alberta, Argentina Northeast, Arkansas, Baltic States, Brazil West-Central, British Columbia, California, China North-Central, China Southeast, Chita, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Denmark, District of Columbia, Dominican Republic, Finland, Georgia, Haiti, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Ireland, Kentucky, Korea, Maine, Manchuria, Manitoba, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Newfoundland, North Carolina, North European Russi, Norway, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Primorye, Québec, Rhode I., Saskatchewan, Sweden, Taiwan, Tasmania, Utah, Vermont, Vietnam, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Xinjiang
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Created: 2023-05-03 18:58:19 UTC
Last updated: 2023-05-03 18:58:19 UTC by Ben

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Comfrey — "Bocking 14"

Symphytum officinale

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May 01, 2023 17:44 5x Comfrey Bocking 14 planted.

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Support herbaceous

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Comfrey — "Bocking 14"

Symphytum officinale

Description

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In the following journals

On the following lists

Support herbaceous

by paul • 30

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