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Comfrey

Comfrey is a herbaceous perennial plant that makes an excellent plant feed and compost activator. A comfrey plant is a must-have in any organic garden.

Learn more about Comfrey

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    Growing comfrey

    Comfrey (Symphytum spp.) is very easy to grow and propagate, and brings so many benefits to your garden that we think no patch is complete without a plant or two.

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    Comfrey — Harvesting and Use

    Comfrey is a herbaceous perennial plant that makes an excellent plant feed and compost activator. A comfrey plant is a must-have in any organic garden. Comfrey is very easy to grow and harvest, producing large quantities of leaves that are rich in nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium - all nutrients needed by growing plants.

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    Propagating comfrey

    Increasing your stock of comfrey plants is a very simple process as a pieces of root re-grow very readily.

More on comfrey

We’re home to the national collection of Comfrey

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    Six ways to use comfrey in your garden

    Comfrey is the organic gardener’s best friend, providing a myriad of benefits for you and for wildlife

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    We’re home to the national collection of Comfrey

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    Help us grow our comfrey collection

    Head gardener Emma O’Neill gives us a glimpse into caring for our National Comfrey Collection – and asks for help to hunt down further interesting varieties.

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    We’ve been awarded the National Plant Collection for comfrey

    We're thrilled to have been awarded the guardianship of the National Plant Collection for comfrey by Plant Heritage.