Ajuga Reptans

Container grown ajuga is just as useful and perks up a pot when other plants have yet to bloom or have died back. It is hardy, unfussy, brilliantly colored and gives more and more plants each season.

Simply lift them up and point them in the right direction and they will follow. One good way to keep this jewel in bounds is by enclosing your garden beds with edging. Removing some of the runners periodically can also help keep this ground cover in line.

This is the time to lift and divide them in order to obtain additional ajuga plants.Propagation of ajuga by division is an operation for early spring or fall. It's a good idea to work in humus or otherYou can start propagating ajuga plants from plant...

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It was used as a medicinal plant, but it also served as a nice comfy mat for napping, or reading, or just watching the clouds roll by overhead. Looking out my window, I saw first the black walnut tree that thundered mightily throughout the fall, when...

This Bronze variety, grows fast, is rugged and hardy, has beautiful bronze foliage and produces blue spike-like flowers in May-June. Ajuga is very effective planted at the base of ferns -- a perfect companion! Ajuga forms such dense evergreen mats it...

It also fits nicely into rock gardens and mixed container plantings. Fantastic tricolored foliage in shades of creamy-white, rose-burgundy, and dark green make this ajuga different than all the others.

This attractive small-scale groundcover has glossy, near-black, scalloped leaves and a dense habit. The deepest foliage color is achieved when plants are sited in full sun and in cooler temperatures.

Deer resistant, tolerates heavy shade. It is a naturally occurring beneficial fungus that colonizes on the new growing roots of plants. Ajuga Bronze Beauty does well in tubs and mixed containers when used as a spiller as well as in rock gardens and borders.

If you are after a pop of deep color to cover your ground, this is the perennial for you! Picture dark-green foliage splashed with chocolate and burgundy highlights blanketing your landscape and then exploding with deepblue ,2-inch flower spikes from...

Ajuga makes a showy groundcover in moist, shady areas of the landscape. This can be done any time of year. It forms such a dense mat that weeds cannot grow through it. The basal leaves are dark green and oblong or spoon shaped, 3-5 in (7.6-12.7 cm) long...

You can do this with a flat shovel that has a fairly sharp edge.Mazus may not require annual fertilization. It forms a dense mat of foliage that stays green throughout spring and summer, and well into fall.

In the home garden, it does well in a gritty, well-drained soil. Cut creeping avens plants back after blooming to refresh and rejuvenate the plant. Eventually, the flowers wilt and develop attractive fuzzy, pink seedheads.

Prepare to be charmed by this exciting newcomer! Zones 5-10. Try it in the border, woodland garden, rockery, or patio containers. Like all Bugleweed cultivars, it is deer-resistant and very appealing to butterflies and hummingbirds, who visit frequently...

Tougher and more garden-worthy in addition to being most attractive, Black Scallop is the Ajuga your garden and containers deserve. Black Scallop achieves its darkest leaf color in full sun, making it a superb choice for mixed container plantings, where...

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Creeping Mazus ( Mazus reptans ) This ground cover is about as low as you can go, reaching only 1/2 inch high. Ground covers are useful in the landscape for many reasons. It spreads fairly quickly and can easily hop across edges and invade the lawn.

An easy and sometimes vigorous groundcover or container plant that remains evergreen in mild winter climates. Frogfruit or Turkey Tangle Fogfruit is adaptable to soil types including clay, sand, as well as coastal plantings.

Iberis sempervirens Evergreen candytuft has been around a long time. Variegated, wooly, creeping, wild, lemon-scented and English thyme varieties all thrive in hot, sunny areas with well-drained soil.

This aromatic perennial produces tall spikes of purple-blue flowers and grows in an upright form. Bugle weed blooms with small, purple, blue and white flowers that stand on inflorescences.

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Both are sun lovers and flower in every color except true blue from summer through frost. In times of scarcity, a truly hungry rabbit may also eat just about anything.Common zinnias (Zinnia elegans) and lower-growing creeping zinnia (Zinnia angustifolia)...

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For this reason it is sometimes commonly called woundwort. This has been very beneficial to our farm over the years. Many are surprised to find that they are not just pretty, they also have a tradition of being used for health.

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Hardy shade ground cover is perfect for these areas because some flower, and others have beautiful green leaves. Your garden doesn't just have to be around the foundation of your home or out in direct sunlight.