Carpet Bugle Plant

The flowers of bugleweed are normally bluish to purple but they can be found in white as well.

Carpet bugle plant.

It is an herbaceous flowering plant in the mint family native to europe. Shorter flower spikes up to 5 blanket the plants in may and june. Fast growing ajuga reptans bronze beauty carpet bugle is a vigorous perennial prized for its rich blue flowers and contrasting bronze tinged leaves which quickly form a dense mat of attractive rosettes. It is invasive in parts of north america.

This is an extremely hardy perennial. When you re looking for something attractive to quickly fill in a large area then you can t go wrong with ajuga ajuga reptans also known as carpet bugleweed. The genus was assigned by linnaeus from the latin for not yoked which refers to a certain part of the flower. Reptans from the latin for creeping which describes its growth habit.

Ajuga s lush waxy foliage offered in several shades hugs the soil resisting weeds to form a dense groundcover. It is known as bugle weed and the more ground hugging species were the carpet bugles. The genus was assigned by linnaeus from the latin for not yoked which refers to a certain part of the flower. Ajuga reptans is commonly known as bugle blue bugle bugleherb bugleweed carpetweed carpet bugleweed and common bugle and traditionally but less commonly as st.

It is known as bugle weed and the more ground hugging species were the carpet bugles. Carpet bugle bugleweed carpetweed common bugle valued as a wonderful spreader making colorful groundcovers with its dense attractive leaf rosettes carpet bugle ajuga reptans is a quick mat forming grower which will thrive in shady areas where grass won t grow. This creeping evergreen plant quickly fills in empty areas smothering out weeds while adding exceptional foliage color and blooms. Commonly called carpet bugle it can be walked on mowed over and generally abused.

There are over 50 different species this one named a. This garden perennial falls into the mint family along with all the useful herbs. Carpet bugle ajuga reptans mint family lamiaceae description.