Tags: #purple #hummingbird friendly #evergreen #violet #white flowers #purple flowers #blue flowers #shade garden #spring flowers #apvg #fast growing #cpp #aggressive #mat #violet flowers #summer flowers #deer resistant #groundcover #spring interest #fantz #nectar plant summer #nectar plant spring #lawn weed #sandy soils tolerant #clay soils tolerant #bird friendly #HS302 #apvg-vg #bee friendly #stormwater demo garden orange co #perennial #weed #landscape plant sleuths courseĪjuga reptans - mass planting wide shot Jim Lawrence CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Newly planted Chris Alberti CC BY 4.0 Snowberry clear wing moth pollinating an Ajuga reptans flower. Thick purplish leaves with a brocaded textureĪrtic Fox, Atropurpurea, 'Black Scallop', 'Bronze Beauty', 'Burgundy Glow', 'Catlins Giant', 'Chocolate Chip', 'Dixie Chip', 'Jungle Beauty', 'Mahogany', 'Metallica Crispa', 'Pink Lightning', Purple Brocade, Purple Torch, 'Rubra', Silver Beauty, Toffee Chip, 'Variegata' Striking green leaves, dark purple flowersīronze-green foliage, blue flowers on 8' spikes Profile Video: See this plant in the following landscape: Pink and White Garden Cultivars / Varieties:

VIDEO Created by Elisabeth Meyer for ' Annuals, Perennials, Vines, and Groundcovers' a plant identification course offered in partnership with Longwood Gardens. While not invasive in North Carolina, this plant is listed as invasive in other parts of the country due to its quick growth and aggressive spread. Insects, Diseases, and Other Plant Problems: Crown rot can be a problem in very humid conditions and in heavy soils. There are a number of bugleweed cultivars available that share many of the traits that make it an excellent groundcover, while offering a variety in the color of the leaves and flowers and in the overall size and spread of the plant. This plant is resistant to browsing by deer. Divide these plants when they grow too crowded in the spring or fall, or propagate by seed.īugleweed is attractive in a mass planting in a naturalized area, on a slope or bank, or in a woodland garden. A dense mat will help smother weeds, but avoid planting near perennial beds or lawns where its spreading nature could pose removal problems. Avoid planting in wet, heavy soils, and provide good air circulation.

In cool, shady areas where grass will not grow it makes a thick, attractive ground cover. It tolearates all light levels and is an excellent choice for moist areas, although it will tolerate moderately dry soils.

Its compact, dense mat has beautiful small clusters of purple flowers which appear in mid to late spring. It is native to Europe, northern Africa, and southwestern Asia. Phonetic Spelling ah-JOO-gah REP-tans Descriptionīugleweed is a broadleaf, evergreen to semi-evergreen, herbaceous perennial ground cover in the Lamiaceae (mint) family.

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