Carpet Bugle Family

The genus was assigned by linnaeus from the latin for not yoked which refers to a certain part of the flower.

Carpet bugle family.

It is a trailing rooting ground cover. It spreads quickly by runners making a mat of dark green leaves that grow 2 to 3 inches wide in full sun and 3 to 4 inches wide in part shade. Blooming in late spring to early summer the flowers rise above the contrasting spreading rosettes formed by the leaves putting on an eye catching display. Size and method of spreading.

Ajuga ground cover spreads through runners and as a member of the mint family it can get out of control without proper care. Selections with bronze or metallic tinted leaves keep color best in full sun. This herbaceous perennial plant is 4 12 tall and unbranched consisting of a rosette of leaves and a flowering stalk. This is a very popular ground cover.

However when placed in strategic locations its quick growth and mat forming trait can provide instant coverage with only a few plants. Carpet bugleweed ajuga reptans. It is known as bugle weed and the more ground hugging species were the carpet bugles. The basal leaves are up to 3 long and 1 across.

They are evergreen or semi evergreen obovate spoon shaped and nearly hairless. Ajuga reptans carpet bugle blephilia ciliata ohio horse mint blephilia hirsuta wood mint callicarpa americana american beautyberry beautyberry french mulberry clinopodium arkansanum arkansas calamint satureja low calamint collinsonia canadensis richweed citronella horse balm cunila origanoides dittany galeopsis tetrahit. Ajuga reptans is commonly known as bugle blue bugle bugleherb bugleweed carpetweed carpet bugleweed and common bugle and traditionally but less commonly as st. This garden perennial falls into the mint family along with all the useful herbs.

Trailing rooting ground covers have trailing stems that spread out from a central root system. Ajuga reptans black scallop carpet bugle is a creeping perennial prized for its short spikes of fragrant deep blue flowers and very glossy near black scalloped leaves. Ajuga reptans is also a component of purple moor grass and rush pastures a biodiversity action. Bugleweed ajuga reptans also called common bugleweed is a fast growing herbaceous perennial ground cover the species name reptans means creeping although it produces beautiful flower spikes and is available in several different cultivars that work well in landscaping it can also make quite a nuisance of itself through its aggressive spreading via underground runners called stolens.

Lawrence plant it is an herbaceous flowering plant in the mint family native to europe it is invasive in parts of north america. Bugleweed is a low growing ground cover usually staying under 6 inches.