Carpet Bugle In The Shade
Caring for carpet bugle plants.
Carpet bugle in the shade. Partial shade or full shade soil type normal or sandy or clay soil ph neutral or alkaline or acid soil moisture average or moist care level easy. Flower colour deep blue. Blooming in may the beautiful flowers on our ajuga groundcover will have you thinking spring and summer. May be mowed after flowering in order to get rid of the spent flower spikes.
The genus was assigned by linnaeus from the latin for not yoked which refers to a certain part of the flower. Reptans from the latin for creeping which describes its growth habit. Bugleweed ajuga reptans also called common bugleweed is a fast growing herbaceous perennial ground cover the species name reptans means creeping 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. A part shade to full shade lover ajuga thrives in average medium moisture well drained soils and tolerates almost any soils provided they are moist and humusy will tolerate full sun if constant moisture is provided.
Provide good air circulation to avoid crown root problems. Shop bluestone perennials for carpet bugle today. Once established ajuga plants requires little care. Unless it s really dry ajuga can usually sustain itself with normal rainfall and there s no need to fertilize this plant.
It is known as bugle weed and the more ground hugging species were the carpet bugles.