Comments on: Growing True Comfrey From Seeds https://blog.strictlymedicinalseeds.com/growing-true-comfrey-from-seeds/ Thu, 09 May 2024 22:13:29 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 By: Richo Cech https://blog.strictlymedicinalseeds.com/growing-true-comfrey-from-seeds/#comment-2276 Thu, 09 May 2024 22:13:29 +0000 https://strictlymedicinalseeds.com/?p=31555#comment-2276 In reply to Sabine.

Hi Sabine, yes, this is our English Hawthorne (Crataegus laevigata/oxyacantha) seed available online at Strictly Medicinal Seeds. Richo

]]> By: Sabine https://blog.strictlymedicinalseeds.com/growing-true-comfrey-from-seeds/#comment-2268 Fri, 26 Apr 2024 02:23:52 +0000 https://strictlymedicinalseeds.com/?p=31555#comment-2268 Ok, just to not diverge completely off-topic, thank you for my latest, wonderful seed order; one of the varieties planted was of course, comfrey. The bees and I are very much looking forward to those gorgeous purple blooms.
The picture that caught my eye, however, was the photo of the hawthorn branch, at the top of the page, in all it’s rosy, floriferous glory… Wow! Richo, do you grow this beauty, and if so, do you offer it, or it’s seed, by chance? That cultivar is breathtaking!
I tend to drink a bit of purchased hawthorn leaf and flower tea, anyway, I think this tree would be a lovely specimen tree, if I could find it. I’m a patient person, I don’t mind it waiting on it’s long germination time.
Thank you as ever,
Sabine

]]> By: Richo Cech https://blog.strictlymedicinalseeds.com/growing-true-comfrey-from-seeds/#comment-2079 Mon, 19 Sep 2022 16:59:06 +0000 https://strictlymedicinalseeds.com/?p=31555#comment-2079 In reply to Pamela.

Hi Pamela, It sounds like Monica has a good understanding. True comfrey (Symphytum officinale) does have several forms, and one of them is cream colored. Another is purple colored. So she’s describing what is well known. Since our purple-flowered true comfrey (var. patens) breeds true from seed, it is not a hybrid. Hybrids do not breed true from seed. Pink-flowered comfreys are usually russian hybrids (S. officinale x S. asperimum) and are sterile. Richo

]]> By: Pamela https://blog.strictlymedicinalseeds.com/growing-true-comfrey-from-seeds/#comment-2078 Mon, 19 Sep 2022 16:49:30 +0000 https://strictlymedicinalseeds.com/?p=31555#comment-2078 Hello!
I read an article by Monica Wilde about toxicity myths and research into the versions of comfrey. Her true common comfrey has cream colored blossoms and round leaves., and she says that there are darker pink purple types. I’m having a dickens of a time finding them! What measurements have you used to indicate that your variety is not hybridized and are true? Many thanks!

]]> By: Richo Cech https://blog.strictlymedicinalseeds.com/growing-true-comfrey-from-seeds/#comment-900 Thu, 04 Mar 2021 05:19:01 +0000 https://strictlymedicinalseeds.com/?p=31555#comment-900 In reply to Annie.

Hello Annie, Thanks for your healthy curiosity. We don’t use gloves when handling comfrey and often apply large amounts of it to our skin without harm and actually doing a lot of good. It is not a good idea to eat a lot of comfrey or make strong tea and drink it every day. It is, after all, a first aid plant, so it is not normally used like a daily tonic.
Richo

]]> By: Annie https://blog.strictlymedicinalseeds.com/growing-true-comfrey-from-seeds/#comment-899 Thu, 04 Mar 2021 00:03:48 +0000 https://strictlymedicinalseeds.com/?p=31555#comment-899 Greetings! I am curious about how you handle your Comfrey plants, i.e. do you wear gloves? I have read that the chemical that they produce is harmful if ingested/absorbed through skin. Thanks so much!

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