Ajuga reptans

Caitlin's Giant

  • Ajuga
  • <0.5m
  • <0.5m
  • Medium to fast
  • Evergreen
  • The four small black nutlets are only produced in cooler climates. The small seeds are viable but the plant is commonly reproduced vegetatively.
  • Soft wooded
  • Evergreen Perennial
  • 14cm
  • Deciduous
  • Full sun,Partial shade
  • Bugle Weed is grown for its foliage and its flowers. It is used as a colourful ground cover or understorey plant and in hanging basket or containers, establishing from division in 1 to 2 years. It is suitable for coastal or mountainous regions preferring cool moist positions.
  • Small Blue flowers
  • Oct-Dec
  • Cool moist light rich loams that are partly well drained

Overview

This perennial plant forms a low creeping growth habit with rosettes of blue-green leaves. The small blue or purple lipped flowers appear in upright clusters from spring to summer and the plant may be deciduous in cooler climates.