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.
Ajuga carpet bugleweed.
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As noted on this page there are a number of bugleweed cultivars available that share many of the traits that make it an excellent groundcover while offering variety in the color of the leaves and flowers and in the overall size and spread of the plant.
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Carpet bugleweed ajuga reptans.
The flowers usually blue are borne.
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Bugleweed excels at filling in large shady areas where lawns are difficult to grow and it can work well on banks or slopes or planted around trees and shrubs.
Selections with bronze or metallic tinted leaves keep color best in full sun.
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This is a very popular ground cover.
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Avoid planting adjacent to lawn areas since little islands of ajuga may start appearing in the grass.
Good for small spaces containers and rock gardens.
When you re looking for something attractive to quickly fill in a large area then you can t go wrong with ajuga ajuga reptans also known as carpet bugleweed.
This creeping evergreen plant quickly fills in empty areas smothering out weeds while adding exceptional foliage color and blooms.
The genus was assigned by linnaeus from the latin for not yoked which refers to a certain part of the flower.
It is known as bugle weed and the more ground hugging species were the carpet bugles.