Ajuga reptans (Bugle, Ajuga)
Type
Herbaceous flower, Deciduous, Ground cover, Flowering
Form
Spreading ground hugging
Size
Spreading or Ground Hugging Plant
Colours
Dark blue Flowers (Spring), Purple Foliage
Care
Low/Easy Maintenance - Tough Plant
Hardiness
Very hardy
Growth
Fast Growing Plant
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Ajuga reptans description
: This creeping ground hugging perennial makes great ground cover, forming a carpet of glossy purple foliage and producing masses small spikes of dark blue flowers early summer. Ideal as edging plant or planted on mass. Bugle is a good low input all-rounder for under planting around trees and shrubs, or as shade loving ground cover.
Ajuga reptans cultivation notes:
Bugle requires little maintenance, spreading naturally into a low growing dense weed suppressing ground cover. Flourishing on most soils but preferring a fertile soil that is not to dry, this a hardy plant, growing in full sun but preferring partial or full shade.
Plant Strengths:
All round tough plant suitable for problem areas; Suitable for container growing; Tolerates permanently wet soil; Tolerates cold exposed locations; Tolerates heavy clay soils; Suitable for planting in full shade.
Plant Weaknesses:
Invasive/spreading root growth; Invasive top growth.
Design & Plant Use for Ajuga reptans:
Winter/early spring flowering herbaceous plant for early colour and extended seasonal interest
Ideal for informal cottage garden style planting
Common Missspellings:
Ajewga, Ajuger, Ajewger
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