Hidcote Blue Comfrey
Hidcote Comfrey, Somerset
Stalked leaves and flowers
Close-up of flowers
Close-up of sepals
Symphytum 'Hidcote Blue' (S. asperum x grandiflorum
x officinale)
Boraginaceae
April to August
It is scattered throughout but is more common in the
South and western side of the country.
See the BSBI distribution map for Hidcote Comfrey
It is a garden plant developed by Hidcote Nursary in
the 1930s and recognised as naturalised in the wild
around 1980.
It grows in rough grassland, relic gardens, churchyards,
woodland and hedges.
Hidcote Comfrey is a clump forming perennial growing
up to 90cm.
Flowers are azure blue in dangling clusters.
Sepals are divided less than half way.
Leaves are green, rough, hairy and stalked.
It is an aggressive plant and is probably thrown out of
gardens and then grows in the wild.
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Hidcote Comfrey, Somerset
Stalked leaves and flowers
Close-up of flowers
Close-up of sepals
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