Family: Boraginaceae
Scientific Name: Symphytum grandiflorum Wisley Blue
Common Name: Wisley Blue Comfrey, Creeping Comfrey, Ornamental Comfrey.
Description | A Comfrey cultivar with nice blue tubular flowers |
Pronunciation | (SIM-fi-tum)(grand-i-FLO-um) |
Plant Type | All Plants, Perennials Hardy |
Hardiness Zone | 3-8 |
Sunlight | full, part sun, partial shade |
Moisture | average, moist, tolerates dry once established |
Soil & Site | average, rich, moist |
Flowers | blue, tubular, borne in terminal cymes |
Leaves | green, tongue-shaped |
Stems | rhizomatous, rough stems |
Dimensions | 2 feet tall, rapid growing |
Propagation | division |
Author's Notes | I have seen this grow for many years at the Olbrich Botanical Gardens, USA. A good plant to add blue to the garden. |
Notes & Reference | #04-Herbaceous Perennial Plants (Allan Armitage) |
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