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When it comes to flowers that add some power and punch to your home landscape, there's nothing that beats the versatility and ...
Ground cover plants can be a great way to suppress weed growth in gardens and in some cases even replace turfgrass lawns. Bugleweed, also known as ajuga (Ajuga spp.), is a popular ground cover ...
Dear Denise: One ground cover recommendation you made recently with which I strongly disagree is bugleweed ( Ajuga reptans).It is aggressively invasive, growing from a small bed present in our ...
Ajuga reptans is commonly called carpet bugleweed because it forms a mat to make a perfect ground cover. Plants form such a thick evergreen mat that weeds cannot grow in the area. It is a perfect ...
In a shady area, you are going to be using plants like pulmonaria, ajuga, hosta and epimedium, which creates a woodsy effect. If your garden's a much more open one, the ground cover plants you'll ...
Ajuga is another attractive ground cover that you don’t see used much anymore, although its purpley leaves are quite appealing. Catlin’s Giant, in particular, is very attractive. Ajuga ...
Ajuga, a shade tolerant groundcover ... It forms a dense, low-growing evergreen ground cover with dark green to purple foliage. Not only will it cover a shaded bare spot, it can grow thick ...
Ajuga reptans is used as a low-growing ground cover. It is hardy from zones 4 to 8 and will do well in shade and partial shade as well as full sun. The plant is a member of the mint family and ...
Ajuga reptans: Bugleweed is another common ground cover that’s well suited to covering slopes. It’s very winter hardy, fast spreading and low maintenance. Ajuga tolerates full sun to part ...
Ajuga is a tidy ground-cover perennial that will grow anywhere. It will grow in sun or shade, but for best leaf colour it wants at least half day of sun. Mine are planted on the north side of the ...
GROUND COVERS FOR SHADE TO PART SHADE Liriope (Liriope ... there are many cultivars of ajuga with variegated foliage of various colors and sizes; use only in small areas for detail work; prone ...