Mystery plant

buddyandmorse

Dear Members.

Could you ID this plant for me.

Flowering Spring.  Perennial. 

Dorset in my new garden.

Thank you

philippasmith2

Comfrey....Borage.....or similar ?

Woodgreen

Looks like comfrey, one of the spreading ones?

Silver surfer

Symphytum...common name Comfrey.
Maybe Symphytum Hidcote Blue ....a dwarf one.

https://www.google.com/search?q=symphytum+hidcote+blue&client=firefox-b-d&hl=en&sxsrf=APq-WBvU7w1ooNhfINXtvgQOD_c30Em4Yg:1649695787729&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj-2ajbu4z3AhVllFwKHTlpD5sQ_AUoAnoECAEQBA&biw=1276&bih=559&dpr=1.5

fidgetbones

Comfrey. Borage is an annual that will just be germinating.

nutcutlet

fidgetbones said:

Comfrey. Borage is an annual that will just be germinating.

Here, in the soft South, Borage over-winters, coming up to flower now. But the post is still a Comfrey

fidgetbones

Ha ha . Mine never overwinters.

JennyJ

Yes, comfrey. It looks just like the patch that I dug out yesterday. I have a variegated one and sometimes it produces reverted plain green clumps that are much more vigorous.

thevictorian

It looks the same as the one I have which I think is iberian comfrey, perhaps Wisley blue. It's a creeping comfrey and better behaved than most of the others. It's and so positively humming with bees this time of year and on an off till winter. 

buddyandmorse

Dear Members.

Thank you all for naming the plant.  I will reserve a little patch for this Comfrey for the bees.

: )

Fairygirl

It's also very useful as a food for plants, if you want to use the leaves for that @buddyandmorse. You soak the foliage in water, weigh it down, and the liquid produced can be diluted and used on your garden 

There's various threads about it - I think there was a recent one, if that's of any interest to you.