PlantsShade & Groundcovers
Bugleweed
Ajuga reptans
Zone 6a garden plant. Hardy through a Chicago winter unless the note says to pot it.
A purple carpet in shade, and it will enter the lawn
EasyShade & GroundcoversAlso Flowers
- Light
- Part shade–shade
- Moisture
- Medium
- Mature size
- 4–6 in
- Spacing
- It fills
- Bloom or harvest
- Flowers Apr–May
- How it spreads
- Runner
- What to buy
- A flat of plants, only where a carpet is the assignment.
- When to plant
- Apr–May or Sep
In the design
It runs. Use it to cover a shady hellstrip you are done fighting, not inside a native planting. It will not stay in a ring of edging forever.
