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COMFREY: HOW TO INCREASE
Comfrey was placed by the astrologers under the dominion of Saturn, the sign of service in helping others—a very apt placing in the light of all the bounty it has to give. The large clumps will grow 3 to 4 feet high, and with a breadth of about 3 feet. The bright green leaves, growing to about 18 inches long, curve back towards the earth, and in spring several flowering stems will appear, bearing downward-drooping clusters of small, bell-shaped trumpets. The flowers on individual plants may be mauve, bluish, or even yellow, but most are a soft plum colour. Like all herbs, the plant grows better and stronger if not allowed to flower: so nip off the flowering stems unless you want them for seed. Sow the seeds in the early spring.
Once you have even one plant, you will never be without comfrey. A perennial, it can also be increased by lifting the clump (and a mature plant can be quite a lift) and dividing it into root pieces. This is best done in late summer. Set each piece of about 3 inches in length at a slight angle into the ground (or small pot, so you can plant out in the following spring), and cover to within about 1 inch from the top of the root. In the warmer weather, within a week or so new small leaves will be showing through. You can also chop off some of the outside offsets from the clump and transplant these, to avoid lifting the whole plant.
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