Symphytum ibericum (Comfrey)
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This comfrey (Symphytum ibericum) is a beautiful and versatile plant for the border, for ground cover or for the wild garden. The tough dark green leaves provide an attractive mound of foliage about 65 cm high in the border or a spreading mat of foliage in a more wild setting.
The white flowers are edged with thin line of red and make a fine show in April, along with spring flowering bulbs, hellebores etc. In the border the spreading shoots need to be cut back firmly to the core of the plant after flowering, to prevent it from taking over the whole border.
Detailed growing instructions are supplied with the Symphytum ibericum (Comfrey) plants, and can be viewed here.
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Symphytum ibericum goes well with:-
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Alchemilla mollis (Lady's Mantle)
Height: Short, Width: Medium
Flowering time: Early Summer
Soil Requirements: Well Drained
Light Requirements: Sun or Shade
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Brunnera macrophylla 'Langtrees' (Perennial Forget-me-not)
Height: Medium, Width: Wide
Flowering time: Spring
Soil Requirements: Well Drained
Light Requirements: Sun or Shade
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Dicentra 'Pearl Drops' (Bleeding Heart)
Height: Short, Width: Medium
Flowering time: Spring
Soil Requirements: Well Drained
Light Requirements: Sun or Partial Shade
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Epimedium pinnatum subsp. colchicum (Barrenwort)
Height: Short, Width: Medium
Flowering time: Spring
Soil Requirements: Well Drained
Light Requirements: Sun or Shade
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Geranium macrorrhizum 'Bevan's Variety' (Hardy Geranium)
Height: Short, Width: Wide
Flowering time: Early Summer
Soil Requirements: Well Drained
Light Requirements: Sun or Shade
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Hieracium aurantiacum (Orange Hawkweed)
Height: Short, Width: Medium
Flowering time: Summer
Soil Requirements: Well Drained
Light Requirements: Sun or Partial Shade
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Vinca minor (Lesser Periwinkle)
Height: Short, Width: Medium
Flowering time: Spring
Soil Requirements: Well Drained
Light Requirements: Sun or Shade
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Ajuga reptans 'Catlin's Giant' (Bugle)
Height: Short, Width: Medium
Flowering time: Spring
Soil Requirements: Well Drained
Light Requirements: Sun or Shade
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