Comfrey - now I'm confused!

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Comfrey - now I'm confused!
« on: April 13, 2017, 10:13 »
OK, so when there was just the leaves I was convinced that I had found comfrey but now the flower stem has appeared I'm not so sure  :unsure:
Can anyone put me out of my misery and let me know what it is?
I have took two pics - one where you can see the leaves and the flower and one just the flower.

Thanks!




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Re: Comfrey - now I'm confused!
« Reply #1 on: April 13, 2017, 11:17 »
That looks like a type of silene to me.  Its not comfrey, which I know isn't what you wanted to hear  :(

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Re: Comfrey - now I'm confused!
« Reply #2 on: April 13, 2017, 11:18 »
Those flowers look like Red Campion, not comfrey  :(

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Re: Comfrey - now I'm confused!
« Reply #3 on: April 13, 2017, 11:25 »
Yes that is Red Campion.
Lots of it grows at our local beach on the edge of the grasslands.
Looks great all pink much like a field of bluebells there.

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Re: Comfrey - now I'm confused!
« Reply #4 on: April 13, 2017, 11:53 »
Bummer!  Thanks for the info : )

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Re: Comfrey - now I'm confused!
« Reply #5 on: April 13, 2017, 14:59 »
The leaves in the background look like comfrey.

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Re: Comfrey - now I'm confused!
« Reply #6 on: April 13, 2017, 15:49 »
I was in the same position as you Plumby, end of last year thought they was comfrey, never dug them up, this year they flower,(and they ain't  :( :(), forgotten what they are now but it's at the end of the other post. Oh well! Alkanet, there's a lot of plants that look like comfrey but ain't, lol.
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Re: Comfrey - now I'm confused!
« Reply #7 on: April 13, 2017, 16:04 »
I was convinced it was comfrey until I saw the flower : (

The flowers are coming from the leaves that look like comfrey so whatever it is there is quite a lot of it, some of it in my compost bin.  Oh well, I guess it is still organic!   :tongue2:


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