Carpet Bugle Ground Cover

Bugleweed ajuga reptans also called common bugleweed is a fast growing herbaceous perennial ground cover the species name reptans means creeping.

Carpet bugle ground cover.

Noted for its extremely dwarf habit and chocolate foliage ajuga reptans chocolate chip carpet bugle is a ground hugging perennial prized for its bluish purple flower spikes on display in mid to late spring. Ajuga reptans aka carpet bugleweed creeping bugleweed creeping carpet bugle sicklewort and carpenter s herb offers such striking texturally rich foliage in a broad range of colors including an almost black that gardeners are constantly seeking this perennial groundcover. And in addition to the traditional green foliage this ground cover can also provide the landscape with stunning copper or purple colored foliage too making it great for adding year round interest. Ground cover shade border.

Commonly called carpet bugle it can be walked on mowed over and generally abused. Low growing herbaceous perennial sending out creeping stolens in or on top of the soil and bearing low spikes of blue white or variegated colored flowers in may june. An excellent spreading groundcover that features colorful burgundy tinged pale green and cream variegated foliage and deep blue flower spikes. Although it produces beautiful flower spikes and is available in several different cultivars that work well in landscaping it can also make quite a nuisance of itself through its aggressive spreading via underground runners called stolens.

Ajuga s lush waxy foliage offered in several shades hugs the soil resisting weeds to form a dense groundcover. It spreads quickly by runners making a mat of dark green leaves that grow 2 to 3 inches wide in full sun and 3 to 4 inches wide in part shade. Tuck it into light levels from full shade to full sun. Hardy in zones 4 to 10.

Ajuga ajuga bugle weed carpet bugle labiatae a. This is an extremely hardy perennial. For pricing and availability. For pricing and availability.

The blossoms rise slightly above the foliage of tiny glossy oval leaves which are chocolate with burgundy highlights. Japanese spurge in tray l4289 item 480672. Shorter flower spikes up to 5 blanket the plants in may and june. Carpet bugleweed ajuga reptans.

Selections with bronze or metallic tinted leaves keep color best in full sun. This variety doesn t spread as aggressively as other bugleweeds. The flowers of bugleweed are normally bluish to purple but they can be found in white as well. 1 quart aztec grass in pot l8297 item 293841.

This is a very popular ground cover. Forms a dense carpet like mat even in shady areas.