Carpet Bugle Perennial

It is known as bugle weed and the more ground hugging species were the carpet bugles.

Carpet bugle perennial.

Of course if it s located in the sun you may need to water it more often. This garden perennial falls into the mint family along with all the useful herbs. Ajuga reptans is also a component of purple moor grass and rush pastures a biodiversity action. Blooming in may the beautiful flowers on our ajuga groundcover will have you thinking spring and summer.

The genus was assigned by linnaeus from the latin for not yoked which refers to a certain part of the flower. Unless it s really dry ajuga can usually sustain itself with normal rainfall and there s no need to fertilize this plant. 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. This garden perennial falls into the mint family along with all the useful herbs.

Caring for carpet bugle plants. It is known as bugle weed and the more ground hugging species were the carpet bugles. The genus was assigned by linnaeus from the latin for not yoked which refers to a certain part of the flower. Unlike the more typical ground covering selections of bugleweed this species is grown more as a clumping edging plant without the same tendency to spread.

Shop bluestone perennials for carpet bugle today. Ajuga reptans is commonly known as bugle blue bugle bugleherb bugleweed carpetweed carpet bugleweed and common bugle and traditionally but less commonly as st. Plants form a distinctive mound of rounded green leaves bearing short upright spikes of deep blue flowers in spring. Lawrence plant it is an herbaceous flowering plant in the mint family native to europe it is invasive in parts of north america.

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.