Xela's Garden
Bugle [S+V]
Genus: Ajuga.
Species: Ajuga reptans.
Planted Vistabile utility border
Shenstone Samantha's bed
Skill Level: Beginner
Exposure: Partial shade, Shade
Hardiness: Hardy
Soil type: Clay/heavy, Acidic, Chalky/alkaline, Moist
Height: 15cm
Spread: 90cm
Time to divide plants: March to May
Ajuga is a mat-forming plant related to the wild bugle. The rosette-like foliage is robust, evergreen and deep purple in colour, and makes a good background to the upright spikes of blue flowers, produced in spring. Bugle is very versatile, equally at home as ground cover under trees or shrubs as in a sunny flower border, and even in containers. The Royal Horticultural Society have given it the Award of Garden Merit (AGM).
Looks good with:
Ophiopogon planiscapus 'Nigrescens'
Hakonechloa macra 'Aureola'
Photos of this plant
Reminders for this plant
Due about 15 years ago:
Divide
To rejuvenate and minimise congestion lift and divide clumps in late-autumn or early spring every two years.
Due about 14 years ago:
Divide
To rejuvenate and minimise congestion lift and divide clumps in late-autumn or early spring every two years.
Due about 13 years ago:
Divide
To rejuvenate and minimise congestion lift and divide clumps in late-autumn (or early spring) every two years.
Due over 12 years ago:
Divide
To rejuvenate and minimise congestion lift and divide clumps in (late-autumn or) early spring every two years.
Due about 12 years ago:
Divide
To rejuvenate and minimise congestion lift and divide clumps in late-autumn (or early spring) every two years.
Due over 11 years ago:
Divide
To rejuvenate and minimise congestion lift and divide clumps in (late-autumn or) early spring every two years.
Due about 11 years ago:
Divide
To rejuvenate and minimise congestion lift and divide clumps in late-autumn (or early spring) every two years.
