Symphytum is a group of herbaceous perennials characterized by their rhizomatous growth. These plants typically feature broad leaves and produce clusters of nodding, tubular flowers. While they can be visually appealing, they also have a tendency to spread aggressively in some environments.

Symphytum

Symphytum 'Angela Whinfield'

Symphytum 'Belsay Gold'

Symphytum 'Belsay'

Symphytum 'Denford Variegated' (v)

Symphytum 'Empire'

Symphytum 'Goldsmith' is a perennial that forms clumps and spreads, reaching a height of approximately 30 cm. Its leaves are coarse, hairy, and dark green, measuring up to 25 cm in length, with distinctive gold and cream markings. In spring, it produces short tubular flowers that can be pale blue, cream, or pink.

Symphytum 'Goldsmith' (v)

Symphytum 'Grandiflorum' variegated (v)

Symphytum 'Hidcote Blue' is a robust perennial that grows upright and forms clumps, reaching heights of up to 45 cm. It features oval, textured leaves that are mid-green and veined. In spring, clusters of red buds emerge, which eventually unfold into tubular flowers of pale blue.

Symphytum 'Hidcote Blue'

A clump-forming perennial that reaches up to 45 cm in height, Symphytum 'Hidcote Pink' features coarse, oval-shaped leaves that can grow up to 25 cm long. In mid to late spring, clusters of small tubular flowers appear, initially pink and white, gradually losing their color as they mature.

Symphytum 'Hidcote Pink'

Symphytum 'Hidcote Variegated' (v)

Symphytum 'Icy-Ness'

Symphytum 'Lambrook Gold'

Symphytum 'Lambrook Silver'

Symphytum 'Lambrook Sunrise'

Symphytum 'Langthorns Pink'

Symphytum 'Purple Sky'

Symphytum 'Romanian Red'

Symphytum 'Rotblum'

A robust perennial that reaches heights of up to 60 cm, Symphytum 'Rubrum' produces upright, bristly stems and dark green foliage that measures around 5 cm in length. From late spring through summer, it showcases panicle-like clusters of tubular flowers in a vivid crimson-red hue.

Symphytum 'Rubrum'

Symphytum 'Sera Howys'

Symphytum anatolicum

Symphytum asperum

Symphytum azureum is a robust perennial that typically reaches heights of 40 to 60 cm. It features hairy, spreading stems and broad leaves that can grow up to 25 cm in length, displaying a pale to mid-green hue. In late spring and early summer, it produces one-sided clusters of drooping, tubular flowers in a vibrant blue color.

Symphytum azureum

Symphytum bohemicum F.W. Schmidt

Symphytum bulbosum

This perennial develops clumps that can grow into large colonies, featuring erect stems that reach up to 60 cm tall. The plant showcases broad, lance-shaped leaves of a medium green hue. In summer, it produces tubular blue flowers on upright stems that eventually spread.

Symphytum caucasicum

Symphytum caucasicum 'Eminence'

Symphytum caucasicum 'Norwich Sky'

Symphytum caucasicum pale blue-flowered

Symphytum cordatum

Symphytum cretica (Willd.) Gusuleac

Symphytum cycladense

Symphytum grandiflorum is a deciduous perennial that typically reaches a height of around 40 cm. Its foliage consists of hairy, mid-green leaves that can grow up to 25 cm in length. During late spring and early summer, it produces one-sided clusters of tubular, cream-colored flowers that emerge from buds with a reddish tint.

Symphytum grandiflorum

Symphytum grandiflorum 'Blue Bells'

Symphytum grandiflorum 'Miraculum'

Symphytum grandiflorum 'Sky-blue-pink'

Symphytum ibericum is a perennial that grows in clumps, reaching heights of up to 40 cm. It spreads quickly through rhizomes and features broad, oval leaves that are a mid-green shade. In late spring, it produces dense clusters of pale yellow flowers that emerge from red-tinged buds.

Symphytum ibericum

Symphytum ibericum 'All Gold'

Symphytum ibericum 'Blaueglocken'

Symphytum ibericum 'Boraston Variegated' (v)

Symphytum ibericum 'Gold in Spring'

Symphytum ibericum 'Lilacinum'

Symphytum ibericum 'Pink Robins'

This perennial plant, Symphytum ibericum 'Wisley Blue', develops into clumps reaching up to 40 cm tall and spreads quickly through rhizomatic growth. It features broad, oval leaves in a mid-green hue and produces dense clusters of blue flowers that emerge from red-tinged buds in late spring.

Symphytum ibericum 'Wisley Blue'

Symphytum ibericum dwarf

Symphytum ibericum variegated (v)

Symphytum officinale is a robust perennial that typically reaches a height of around 1.5 meters. It develops a dense clump of upright stems that support large, hairy, dark green leaves, which can grow up to 25 centimeters long and feature winged petioles. During late spring and summer, this plant produces clusters of tubular flowers, which can be purple, pink, or creamy-yellow, each measuring approximately 2 centimeters in length.

Symphytum officinale

Symphytum officinale 'Bohemicum'

Symphytum officinale 'Boraston White'

Symphytum officinale 'Buddy's Purple' is a robust perennial that reaches heights of approximately 1.5 meters. It develops a dense cluster of upright stems adorned with coarse, hairy leaves that can grow up to 25 centimeters long, featuring distinctive winged petioles. In late spring and summer, this variety produces clusters of tubular flowers, each measuring about 2 centimeters, in a deep purple hue.

Symphytum officinale 'Buddy's Purple'

A robust perennial that reaches approximately 1.5 meters in height, this plant develops a dense cluster of upright stems topped with coarse, hairy dark green foliage that can grow up to 25 centimeters long, featuring winged petioles. In late spring and summer, it produces clusters of tubular blue flowers, each measuring around 2 centimeters in length.

Symphytum officinale blue-flowered

Symphytum officinale var. ochroleucum

A clump-forming perennial, Symphytum orientale typically reaches heights of 40-60 cm. It features oblong, textured dark green leaves that are softly hairy. In late spring and early summer, it produces drooping clusters of tubular, funnel-shaped white flowers.

Symphytum orientale

Symphytum ottomanum Friv.

Symphytum tauricum

Symphytum tuberosum is a perennial that forms dense clumps, reaching a height and width of up to 60 cm. This plant spreads through rhizomes and features rough, hairy stems along with large, deeply-veined dark green leaves. In early summer, it produces small clusters of pale creamy-yellow flowers that hang downward.

Symphytum tuberosum

Symphytum x hidcotense

This perennial reaches heights of approximately 2 meters and features an upright, spreading growth habit. The leaves are bristly, ranging from elliptic to lance-shaped, and display a mid-green color. In early summer, the stems produce pinkish-blue buds that eventually bloom into blue-purple flowers.

Symphytum x uplandicum

Symphytum x uplandicum 'Axminster Gold' is an upright perennial that can reach heights of up to 90 cm. It features textured, oblong leaves measuring 15-25 cm long, characterized by a grey-green color and a wide golden-yellow edge. The plant produces small, tubular flowers in a pale lilac-pink hue, which appear in clusters at the tips of the stems and bloom continuously from late spring through summer.

Symphytum x uplandicum 'Axminster Gold' (v)

Symphytum x uplandicum 'Axminster' (v)

This robust, clump-forming perennial reaches heights of up to 2 meters and features elongated, mid-green foliage. Its purple-blue flowers emerge from late spring and continue into summer. As a sterile hybrid, this plant does not produce seeds and is not invasive.

Symphytum x uplandicum 'Bocking 14'

Symphytum x uplandicum 'Bocking 4'

Symphytum x uplandicum 'Droitwich' (v)

Symphytum x uplandicum 'Harras'PBR

Symphytum x uplandicum 'Jenny Swales'

Symphytum x uplandicum 'Lugh Samhoildánach'

Symphytum x uplandicum 'Mereworth' is a robust perennial that reaches a height of approximately 90 cm. This plant features coarse, textured leaves that are oblong in shape, measuring between 15 to 25 cm long, with a mid to dark green hue accented by pale green and yellow splashes. During an extended blooming season from late spring through summer, it produces small, tubular purple flowers arranged in clusters at the ends of its stems.

Symphytum x uplandicum 'Mereworth' (v)

This upright perennial develops substantial clumps of bristly, oblong to elliptical leaves that are mid-green in color. During late spring and early summer, it produces clusters of small, deep purple blooms. If the plant is cut back in summer, it may flower again later in the year.

Symphytum x uplandicum 'Moorland Heather'

Symphytum x uplandicum 'Padworth Purple'

Symphytum x uplandicum 'Variegatum' is a robust perennial that typically reaches heights of around 90 cm. It features elongated, bristly foliage measuring 15-25 cm, displaying a grey-green hue accented by a wide creamy-white edge. From late spring through late summer, it produces small tubular flowers in a pale lilac-pink shade, arranged in clusters at the ends of stems.