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Comfrey: 5 Root cuttings 4" long
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Ripening
Will it finish before your first hard freeze?
Check it on the Ripening Map (opens in a new tab)At a glance: Comfrey: 5 Root cuttings 4" long is a comfrey plant rated hardy to zone 2 in our ratings (winters to -50°F), and needs no pollination.
| Hardy to | Zone 2 to 9. A bare number means the whole of zone 2, colder half included (winters to -50°F). Find your zone with our cold hardiness calculator. |
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| Pollination | No Pollination Needed. Comfrey is grown for its leaves and is planted from root cuttings, so it needs no pollination. Its flowers are a good nectar source for bees through much of the summer, but it is not an orchard pollenizer. Bloom group is our estimate from the variety's origin and relatives. Pollination Charts. |
| Good for | Soil building (9/10), pollinators (6/10). Scores are our own 1 to 10 ratings; 8 and up makes our Best Of lists. |
| Deer | Sometimes damaged by deer. |
| What you get | Bare root. Shipped or picked up in Missoula in spring, roots wrapped in moist sawdust. Guaranteed to bud out. |
Overview
This plant really needs no introduction. It is a power house in terms of pulling up minerals from the sub-soil, storing it in their large broad leaves, and then allowing you to chop and drop as a green mulch around your trees for then attracting bacteria and fungi to help mineralize those nutrients and feed your soil food web.
Medicinal Value
Also has medicinal value due to the allantoin.
Hardiness & Growth Behavior
Hardy to zone 2. This is the Russian Comfrey and does not spread in our experience as much as the native.
Additional Features
Pretty borage-like flowers. Also deer resistant.
Questions we get about Comfrey: 5 Root cuttings 4" long
How cold hardy is Comfrey: 5 Root cuttings 4" long?
We rate Comfrey: 5 Root cuttings 4" long hardy to zone 2, which means winters down to about -50°F. Our ratings come from real winters at our two Montana sites and from trusted growers across the North, not from a catalog average.
What is Comfrey: 5 Root cuttings 4" long good for?
Our top use scores for Comfrey: 5 Root cuttings 4" long are soil building (9/10), pollinators (6/10). Anything scored 8 or higher makes our Best Of lists.
Will deer eat Comfrey: 5 Root cuttings 4" long?
Sometimes. Deer browse Comfrey: 5 Root cuttings 4" long now and then, so protect young plants where deer pressure is high.
What arrives, and when does Comfrey: 5 Root cuttings 4" long ship?
A dormant bare-root plant, roots wrapped in moist sawdust with a vapor barrier, shipped or picked up in Missoula in spring. We guarantee our plants bud out. Stone fruits can be slow, so if one still has not budded out by August 15, write to us and we credit you for the following spring.