Partial Shade
Moderate care
Moderate watering
Frost Hardy
H7
RHS hardiness
-20°C
Minimum temperature
Expected size
Height | Spread | |
|---|---|---|
50cm | Max | 1m |
10cm | Min | 50cm |
Flowering
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spring
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summer
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autumn
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winter
This plant has no fragrance
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Blue Bugle Overview
Ajuga reptans is chosen for its leaf colour and foliage, as it makes a great background to other plants through late spring to summer. It suits a range of garden styles from informal cottage to wildflower meadow gardens. It can be used as a groundcover plant, and is grown in borders as well as pots and containers. Its flowers attract pollinating insects, with spikes of blue flowers in spring. The wild species is, however, invasive, but selected cultivars are popular plants in gardens. The 'Alba', for example, has white flowers.
Common problems with Blue Bugle
How to harvest Blue Bugle
Generally not harvested.
How to propagate Blue Bugle
Division
Cuttings
Special features of Blue Bugle
Attracts bees
Ground cover
Other uses of Blue Bugle
Ground cover, shade, rock garden, walls and rock cover.
