This is a most useful and handsome plant making impenetrable weed-cover in shade among shrubs. It forms mounds of large dark green leaves, spreading by underground shoots. In spring before the new leaves are fully developed the fiddle-neck clusters of flowers change from burnt-orange buds to creamy-yellow bells.
\nPosition: Shade or part shade
\nSoil: Any moisture retentive soil
\nRate of growth: Quick
\nFlowering period: Early Spring
\nHardiness: Hardy
\nPot size: open ground
\nEventual height and spread:30 x 90cm<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Dwarf comfrey, or\u00a0Symphytum ibericum<\/i>, is a hardy, creeping perennial that can spread up to 1m. This makes it a great choice for a ground cover, particularly beneath trees and shrubs where it is\u00a0difficult<\/i>\u00a0to establish other plants.<\/p>\n
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