Using pollinator-attracting companion plants can really help your fruit trees to thrive and produce a bumper harvest of ...

If you want to give your tomatoes or other plants in your garden a boost and help them produce more fruit, try fertilizing them with a specific weed.

Comfrey’s many favorable characteristics have made it the new “must grow” in permaculture and regenerative gardens. True comfrey (Symphytum officinalis) has a long history as a medicinal ...

Comfrey is definitely a plant worthy of love. Its numerous features make it an essential plant for every garden. At Harvey’s farm, the vegetable terraces were well protected against erosion by ...

I use comfrey in a range of ways in garden design. It is important to remember that comfrey has deep roots and these plants are difficult, if not impossible, to eradicate from an area once planted.

Comfrey is a tough, well-adapted, easy-to-grow perennial. So yes — plant it and harvest leaves and stems at any age. Most garden centers that sell culinary and medicinal herbs will usually ...

Comfrey, Symphytum officinale, is a valuable addition to the garden. The leaves contain a significant amount of all three major plant nutrients: nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium.

Gardeners spent a lot of time trying to limit the spread of stinging nettles and comfrey but, says Alan Titchmarsh, those two ...

In the 1980s scientists discovered that comfrey, used for centuries externally to heal wounds and internally to soothe inflamed mucous membranes, contains chemicals called pyrrolizidine alkaloids ...

Comfrey is not new, and comfrey salves, balms and creams have been around for centuries. Yet most people still don’t know this effective skin-healing plant.