Underdog Posted June 14, 2015 Report Share Posted June 14, 2015 I wondered if it a balsam of sorts! U. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gedney Posted June 14, 2015 Report Share Posted June 14, 2015 Is it not comfrey,cant really see enough of it to be sure Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FalconFN Posted June 14, 2015 Report Share Posted June 14, 2015 (edited) Looks like borage to me. How tall is it? Edit: ignore that, I've just looked up borage and I'm wrong. Edited June 14, 2015 by FalconFN Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malkiserow Posted June 14, 2015 Report Share Posted June 14, 2015 +1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Codeye Posted June 14, 2015 Report Share Posted June 14, 2015 Comfrey would be my quess also Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Underdog Posted June 14, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 14, 2015 Nearly 5' tall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pigeonman1 Posted June 14, 2015 Report Share Posted June 14, 2015 Yes thats comfrey. Ive got some growing on my allotment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrBob Posted June 14, 2015 Report Share Posted June 14, 2015 Common comfrey, country name "boneset", as a poultice was once used for setting fractured limbs. A lovely wild flower, big, covers ground quickly and attracts bees and other pollinating insects. Gets a bit out of hand in gardens! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Underdog Posted June 14, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 14, 2015 Thanks gents. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDog Posted June 14, 2015 Report Share Posted June 14, 2015 Symphytum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davyo Posted June 14, 2015 Report Share Posted June 14, 2015 Comfrey,makes a good feed just pop it in a hessian sack and stick it in the water butt for a few weeks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marksman1997 Posted June 15, 2015 Report Share Posted June 15, 2015 I thought it looked like Blue Bells but then again im a Idiot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dougy Posted June 15, 2015 Report Share Posted June 15, 2015 I thought it looked like Blue Bells but then again im a Idiot. +1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rimfire4969 Posted June 15, 2015 Report Share Posted June 15, 2015 I thought it looked like Blue Bells but then again im a Idiot. That's some big Bluebell at 5ft, I guess you got part of your post right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magman Posted June 15, 2015 Report Share Posted June 15, 2015 it's comfrey stick it in water for 4 weeks , smells like **** but treat the same as tomorite full of nitrogen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
islandgun Posted June 15, 2015 Report Share Posted June 15, 2015 (edited) comfrey heavy cropping can be cut several times per year, great added to compost and as magman said to make a liquid feed, very useful as falcon fn said a member of the borage family Edited June 15, 2015 by islandgun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Underdog Posted June 15, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 15, 2015 Thanks men. Great source of info. I did notice some had been taken. Cut and removed! Learn something new every day, just from admiring bumble bees :-). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gedney Posted June 17, 2015 Report Share Posted June 17, 2015 Common comfrey, country name "boneset", as a poultice was once used for setting fractured limbs. A lovely wild flower, big, covers ground quickly and attracts bees and other pollinating insects. Gets a bit out of hand in gardens! Or as my gran used to call it "knitbone" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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