tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12261260.post6569333627165302538..comments2023-08-27T05:35:50.637-05:00Comments on Nature in the Ozarks: Wild ComfreyMarvinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03374936227735741953noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12261260.post-57395680832838201222008-04-30T19:22:00.000-05:002008-04-30T19:22:00.000-05:00Excellent post.Good information.Thanks for sharing...Excellent post.<BR/>Good information.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for sharing,<BR/>TroyTexas Travelershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16250697065385437368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12261260.post-60076847337284273492008-04-30T03:21:00.000-05:002008-04-30T03:21:00.000-05:00great flower and info. thanks for sharedgreat flower and info. thanks for sharedAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12261260.post-28364238072301725502008-04-29T21:13:00.000-05:002008-04-29T21:13:00.000-05:00This is such a cool plant and remind me of my forg...This is such a cool plant and remind me of my forget me not's that I have growing!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12261260.post-17399214036539311542008-04-29T19:35:00.000-05:002008-04-29T19:35:00.000-05:00Hi Marvin, I have comfrey growing in the garden b...Hi Marvin, I have comfrey growing in the garden but it is a cultivated one. I can't remember what it is except it has pink flowers as I remember. It gets big too.<BR/><BR/>I don't care how you comment on my blog by the way. I am just glad you stop by. Blogger can be most annoying.Lisa at Greenbowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07743973292900758183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12261260.post-68597510611801074722008-04-29T17:28:00.000-05:002008-04-29T17:28:00.000-05:00You have the "real" comfrey. Over here across the...You have the "real" comfrey. Over here across the pond, what we have growing wild is a fake. (We also have some Old World comfrey growing in the garden.) The wild comfrey in North America is a native plant that some herbalist <I>thought</I> had the same medicinal properties although it isn't even related. Common names are handy, but they can also cause problems.Marvinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03374936227735741953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12261260.post-31487343041454872882008-04-29T16:36:00.000-05:002008-04-29T16:36:00.000-05:00This is interesting.. we have Comfrey growing here...This is interesting.. we have Comfrey growing here, most allotment gardens of old grew this to be used on wounds, or the leaves soaked in water and then wrapped around sprains. I remember my mum using this when I was growing up.Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04167792394551286975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12261260.post-65781452598798312302008-04-29T12:03:00.000-05:002008-04-29T12:03:00.000-05:00My mom used to say it made a good tea but I don't ...My mom used to say it made a good tea but I don't know what for. It has a pretty flower. Nice story.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com