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Symphytum uplandica1/11/2024 There will be a little meeting on Sunday May 13th to share ideas. Several people have kindly offered to get involved with taking photos from time to time. Iâm really looking forward to watching the plants throughout the year, to sharing more ways to use them and find them on the streets and verges of Amsterdam and to improving my photography skills! Some days Iâll be adding less photos and more information about the plants, other days will be more focused on photos. Hover over the photos for the names, if you are not sure which is which. They show Tansy (Tanacetum vulgare, a powerful emmenagogue) Purple Dead Nettle (Lamium purpureum, a salad and pot herb) and Comfrey (Symphytum uplandica). Here are a few photos of useful plants which are in full foliage or flower today, in Park Frankendael. The parks give a good indication of biodiversity in the city as a whole. Common Names: Comfrey, Knitbone, boneset. Itâs quite damp and cold at present but many herbs are looking resplendent in Amsterdam. Cultivated comfrey Symphytum x uplandica is a large plant often surpassing two meters with blue or purple flowers. Every time I mention comfrey (check out Youtube in comment section below), someone asks if it isnt 'unsafe.' When I identify with comfrey, I feel like a.
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