Russian comfrey - symphytum x uplandicum 4 inch size containers

Family:  Borage (Boraginacea) Hardy in Zones 4 to 8 Herbaceous perennial flowering to 3 feet, a hybrid of Russian Symphytum asperum and European Symphytum officinalis.  Bocking 14 cultivar of Russian Comfrey (Symphytum x uplandicum).  Sterile hybrid does not make seeds. Uses: Comfrey is commonly used in permaculture as a companion plant to fruit trees.  In the nursery, we have great results making the fresh leaves into biodynamic tea, which we apply to our plants in a pot to increase vitality, growth, and to green up all those leaves! Excellent ingredient for compost piles–fresh leaves compost fast and make a nitrogen-rich compost!  Fresh, rubbed leaves fed to ruminants, pigs and chickens to increase health and as a protein-rich nutrient dense feed.  Traditional usage of fresh or dried leaves or roots (TWM):  used externally to speed healing. Source of cell-proliferating molecule alantoin. What is a root crown cutting?  A chunk of the crown of the plant (the blocky part above the tapr