Site development & IT Support by Stuart Lee. This site and all images contained therein is © Jeremy Lee 2004 - 2021. Photo about medicine, environment, flower, closeup, blossoming, close, comfrey, herbal, herb, flowers, healing. I sincerely hope you all enjoy the fruits of my labours. White flowering common comfrey plant from close. is the showcase for my personal passion, photographing uknature in all its glory. We have wild birds in huge numbers either residing or visiting our shores (597 recorded species as at July 2013) and we must also not forget the humble back garden with its grass lawns, flower beds filled with nectar rich flowers, shrubs and trees, all designed to attract huge numbers of insects such as bees, moths, butterflies and hoverflies and finally the small ponds which provide safe havens for frogs, toads, newts and even slow worms and grass snakes. Our vast range of habitats, from lowland arable to snow covered mountains, from storm-ravaged coastlines to peaceful inland freshwater lakes and rivers, from dry, sandy heaths to deciduous and coniferous forests, all these habitats contribute to the abundance of UK nature. is a website dedicated to showing the immense diversity of UK nature and wildlife. My 4th year comfrey really puts off a lot of flowers, so there’s always a lot of buzzing and fluttering about around it. They have a short petiole and are not decurrent. Its alternate leaves embossed oval-lanceolate are abundantly covered with stiff hairs. I’ve seen all sorts of different types of bees, ladybugs, ants, and butterflies visiting mine regularly. White comfrey Symphytum orientale Also known as: Eastern comfrey Oriental comfrey is a herbaceous plant that can grow up to one meter tall and has a bushy habit. Grows all over the UK, but predominantly in England. This plant’s small, bell-shaped flowers are wonderful pollinator attractors. ![]() White Comfrey has large, oval, hairy leaves and clusters of drooping, white tubular flowers. The comfreys are a small group, but can be difficult to tell apart from each other as hybrids between species are common. It has become an important plant for organic gardeners as its roots reach deep into the soil making it rich in minerals and its leaves can be used for slug control, as a fertiliser and as a composting aid. Other varieties produce pink, yellow, red, or orange flowers. It grows 36-inches high and produces white flowers. In many perennial nurseries you can find different varieties of creeping comfrey (Symphytum grandiflorum), including Miraculum (red, pink and white flowers). This perennial grows best in hardiness zones 3-9. It displays clusters of bell-shaped white flowers from May to July and often grows in clumps. Common yarrow (Achillea millefolium) is native to the dry, disturbed soils of prairies, meadows, and the edges of forest in the northern hemisphere. This is the first Comfrey species to flower in. At the top of the stalk is a coiled-up inflorescence. Symphytum orientale, more commonly known as White Comfrey, is a hairy plant of damp ground and is often found beside rivers, in fens and ditches, and on roadside verges and waste ground. Reddish-pink flowers at first then later turning white or pale yellow. It has reddish flowers and is considered an invasive species in many western states.UK Nature > Wild Flowers > White Wild Flowers > Symphytum orientale Symphytum is a genus of flowering plants in the borage family, Boraginaceae, known by the common name comfrey (pronounced / kmfri / ). ![]() Cynoglossum officinale, a related species introduced from Europe is commonly called Hound's Tongue. The genus name, Cynoglossum, comes from the Greek referring to the leaf shape resembling a dog's tongue. Flowers of common comfrey are usually creamy yellow, but white, red. Extracts from its roots were used by the Cherokees to treat a variety of ailments, and the leaves have been used to smoke like tobacco. Paul Alfrey from the Balkan Ecology Project gives the history of comfrey along with. ![]() Wild Comfrey, a member of the Boraginaceae plant family, is found throughout the eastern US. ![]() Borage is a somewhat gangly plant, but you barely notice that because the star-shaped flowers hanging in downward-facing clusters are so vibrant. By mid-May, the bristly fruits, covered with many "hooks" that adhere to ones clothing or to an animal's fur, are well developed. Borage is an annual plant, but it self-seeds readily. By late April these plants developed a flower stalk with several clasping leaves, terminating in a small cluster of white to light blue flowers. If you were walking along the South Forest Loop Road or the Cross Roads Trail in early April, you may have noticed numerous rosettes of broad green leaves emerging on the deciduous forest floor.
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