Family: Lamiaceae
Scientific Name: Ajuga reptens Sugar Plum
Common Name: Sugar Plum Ajuga, Sugar Plum Bugle weed
Description | A nice Ajuga with colorful foliage. |
Pronunciation | (a-JOO-guh)(REP-tans) |
Plant Type | All Plants, Groundcovers and vines |
Hardiness Zone | 4-9 |
Sunlight | full to shade, deeper color in brighter light, foliage becomes crispy in hot dry sites |
Moisture | average, moist, the higher light hotter sites need a bit more moisture |
Soil & Site | average |
Flowers | blue spikes |
Leaves | scalloped, glossy, creamy white, green and burgundy crinkled, new leaves plum |
Stems | creeping, prostrate |
Dimensions | This plant is also called Bugle Weed. |
Maintenance | can suffer from winter damage from drying winds, especially if the area is lacking snow cover, but will usually grow back |
Propagation | easy by division, rooting runners |
Misc Facts | aka Bugle Weed |
Notes & Reference | #04-Herbaceous Perennial Plants (Allan Armitage), #68-Groundcovers for the Midwest (Voight, Hamilton, Giles) |
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