Bugle
Common Name: Bugle
Genus: Ajuga
Species: reptans
Cultivar: 'Atropurpurea'
Skill Level: Beginner
Exposure: Partial shade, Shade
Hardiness: Hardy
Soil type: Clay/heavy, Acidic, Chalky/alkaline, Moist
Height: 15cm
Spread: 90cm
Time to divide plants: March to May
Ajuga is a mat-forming plant related to the wild bugle. The rosette-like foliage is robust, evergreen and deep purple in colour, and makes a good background to the upright spikes of blue flowers, produced in spring. Bugle is very versatile, equally at home as ground cover under trees or shrubs as in a sunny flower border, and even in containers. The Royal Horticultural Society have given it the Award of Garden Merit (AGM).
Looks good with:
Ophiopogon planiscapus 'Nigrescens'Hakonechloa macra 'Aureola'
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