Comfrey (Symphytum officinale) is a hardy perennial wildflower that thrives along riverbanks and in grasslands. Blooming in late spring and summer, its flowers attract bees making it a beneficial ...

Elizabeth has worked since 2010 as a writer and consultant covering gardening, permaculture, and sustainable living. She has also written a number of books and e-books on gardens and gardening. Haley ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sweet cicely in shade of forest garden . Forest gardens are designed around layers of trees, shrubs, perennials and ground cover ...

My introduction to comfrey, more than 30 years ago, remains a wonderful memory. Comfrey is definitely a plant worthy of love. Its numerous features make it an essential plant for every garden. At ...

Henry Doubleday (1813-1902), a Quaker, brought Russian comfrey to England. He believed that comfrey would help prevent worldwide famine, so his last 30 years were spent in research. He could never ...

Comfrey, until fairly recently, was used for centuries as a medicinal herb. Some of the common folk names for it, such as “healing herb” and “bruisewort,” reflect the healing properties that people ...

I grow comfrey in every spare nook. This deep-rooted perennial comes from Europe but has naturalized here, and it is one of the first plants to come up vigorously in the spring. Its leaves are large ...

Early-spring bees are starving in tidy UK gardens; learn how nectar-rich comfrey, the RHS ‘superplant’, turns even tiny spaces into buzzing wildlife havens.