they are winter dormant. come mid spring you will see signs of new growth. dont worry hank. :o)

You will soon have more than you can deal with!

Thanks a lot guys, i feared the worst. I'm very relieved.

you'll find some growth by late Feb. where you'll see new shoots coming through. Do you know whether it's Bocking 14 (this one doesn't spread) or was it just labelled Comfrey where you bought it from originally?

Within a full season, you'll find that it'll have formed a clump and with a long tap root by now. You can propagate from this and make further plants!

By summer once you've got them flowering (bees love them), either leaves new flowering stem on or cut down and cut a few leaves off for making liquid manure, or mulch. you'll get about 3 cuts in a season. it'll reflower again if you want bees to enjoy it later...

Thanks, I, - it's not Bocking 14. I went down the woods and found the comfrey, managed to dig out a piece of root and set 9 small pieces as I'd been told to by a GOY colleague. It was my 4 th attempt at growing it and I was devastated when I thought I'd lost the lot.
I look forward to seeing it re- appear.