Once established ajuga plants requires little care.
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Ajuga reptans is also a component of purple moor grass and rush pastures a biodiversity action.
Unless it s really dry ajuga can usually sustain itself with normal rainfall and there s no need to fertilize this plant.
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.
Ajuga reptans is commonly known as bugle blue bugle bugleherb bugleweed carpetweed carpet bugleweed and common bugle and traditionally but less commonly as st.
Blooming in late spring to early summer the flowers rise above the contrasting spreading rosettes formed by the leaves putting on an eye catching display.
Ajuga reptans also known.
There are over 50 different species this one named a.
If your garden has a shady spot where other flowers won t grow fill it with ajuga a colorful and low maintenance ground cover.
The plant also likes fairly moist soil but is remarkably adaptable and will even tolerate a little drought.
Reptans from the latin for creeping which describes its growth habit.
Caring for carpet bugle plants.
Ajuga reptans black scallop carpet bugle is a creeping perennial prized for its short spikes of fragrant deep blue flowers and very glossy near black scalloped leaves.
It is known as bugle weed and the more ground hugging species were the carpet bugles.