Silver Creek Nursery Ltd.

Comfrey Root

Species: Symphytum sp. 

History: Comfrey plants are native to various continents around the world including Europe, Asia, and North America. Common names such as boneset and knitbone and its genus name referencing the Greek 'symphis' meaning 'growing together of bones' indicates it may have been used medicinally for mending bones. Comfrey is now popular as a permaculture plant.

Why We Grow It: This classic permaculture plant grows incredibly deep tap roots, mining rich nutrients from deep below the soil surface. It's a living mulch that 'molts' 3-4 times each season. It's used in traditional medicine and creates a healthful compost tea full of calcium and potassium. It grows up to 70 cm tall, before molting down, and spreads slowly over the years.

$8.50

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Fruit Traits:

Recommended Use: Compost tea, planting near trees to draw up nutrients in soil

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Tree Traits:

Canadian Hardiness Zone: 4

Soil Preferance: Prefers loam but adaptable to different soils

Flowering Time: Spring - Late

Pollination Requirements: Self-pollinating

Sun/Shade Requirements: Full sun (approx. 8-10 hours of sun daily)

General Growth Habit: Plant gets up to 70cm tall, flops over a few times a year, thin bristles on leaves and stem can be a bit abrasive, flowers late spring to early summer

Shipping: Every year we ship thousands of plants across Canada. We carefully bag roots in damp sawdust, then box them and send them out via courier. CLICK HERE to see our shipping policy.

Pick-up: We also have thousands of trees picked up from our nursery each year. The pick-up options is free, though you must wait until you have been emailed a confirmation that your order is ready to pick up, which will have further information such as hours, locations, etc.

Un-grafted plants (berries, seedlings and vines) are graded by year. We follow industry standard. Species specific details will soon be updated to give you a clearer idea of size, as there can be a very large variation by species.

Comfrey - mature plant

Comfrey Root

$8.50

$8.50

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