Bugleweed Care
Established plants should be set or transplanted in the garden in early spring. Plant them 12 to 15 inches apart, being careful not to plant too deeply. The crown should never be covered with soil or the plant will rot and die.
Bugleweed
Excellent with Hostas, Ferns and many spring-flowering bulbs, this fast-growing ground cover has glossy leaves often tinted with purple, cream and pink. The short spikes of small flowers bloom blue, purple, white or pink.
Blue Bugleweed, Geneva Bugleweed
Scientific Name: Ajuga genevensis Linn.
Synonym:
Family: Lamiaceae ...
ah-JEW-gah Common Name: Bugleweed
The genus Ajuga includes annuals and (usually) rhizomatous perennials in 40 species that come from shady habitats in temperate Europe and Asia. Some are grown for their colorful foliage.
That's another name for Bugleweed! It's a great ground cover and comes in different leaf colors. It spreads and spreads so you can plant it alone or let it wander throughout your other perennials. I love to plant it in front of Hosta beds, too.
( Pink Elf Common Bugleweed )
Excellent, fast spreading, compact ground cover with dark green to mottled burgundy leaves, 2 to 4 inches long. Quickly forms a dense, lusterous mat of rosette clumps, bearing pink flowers on spikes up to 2 inches long.
If you don't want a serious case of 'buglelawn,' as Alan Armitage calls it, keep the plants well away from the grass edges. As with any bugleweed, do not plant near small plants that can't hold their own.
Carpet Bugleweed (Ajuga reptans): This is a very popular 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.
Bugleweed, Ajuga reptans, Groundcover for Shady Woodland Gardens
Bugleweed grows in deep shade, forms a dense mat of blue flowers in spring, and is evergreen. Learn more about this perennial groundcover for shady gardens.
Ajuga, Bugleweed (Ajuga reptans)
Liriope (Liriope muscari)
Mondograss (Ophiopogon japonicus)
Pachysandra (Pachysandra terminalis)
Vinca (Vinca minor)
Bigleaf Vinca (Vinca major) ...
Carpet bugleweed makes a showy groundcover in moist, shady areas of the landscape. It grows well in areas too shady for grass. Under ideal growing conditions bugleweed will spread rapidly from its underground runners.
creeping bugleweed; carpet bugleweed Ajuga reptans
creeping buttercup Ranunculus repens
creeping foxtail; reed foxtail Alopecurus arundinaceus
creeping lantana, purple lantana; weeping lantana Lantana montevidensis
creeping lilyturf Liriope spicatum ...
Bugleweed Virginia Water Horehound
Bulbous Buttercup
Bupleurum gerardii Bupleurum gerardii
Bupleurum rotundifolium
Bur-Cucumber One-Seeded Bur-Cucumber
Burnweed
Bursting Heart Strawberry Bush
Butter and Eggs
Buttercup, Bulbous ...
Common bugleweed, carpet bugle (Ajuga reptans)
Common cattail (Typha latifolia)
Common gooseberry, European gooseberry, American gooseberry (Ribes hirtellum, Ribes uva-crispa) ...
(Bugleweed)
Allium sp. (Ornamental Onion)
Amsonia sp. (Blue Star)
Anemonella thalictroides (Windflower)
Anisacanthus wrightii (Texas Firecracker)
Antirrhinum sp. (Snapdragon)
Aralia sp. (Spikenard)
Arisaema sp. (Cobra Lily, Jack in the Pulpit) ...
Bugleweed (Ajuga sp.)
Bugloss (Anchusa)
Calamint, lesser (Calamintha nepetoides)
Canna (Canna sp.)
Campion, catchfly (Lychnis)
Candytuft (Iberis)
Cardinal flower (Lobelia)
Chamomile (Anthemis)
Chrysanthemum (Chrysanthemum)
Columbine (Aquilegia) ...
Bugleweed (Ajuga reptans) Zone 4
European wild ginger (Asarum europaeum) Zone 5
Eastern redbud (Cercis canadensis) Zone 5
Winged euonymus (Euonymus alatus) Zone 3
Golden bells (Forsythia suspensa) Zone 5 ...
Aegopodium leodograria (Bishopsweed) Ajuga reptans (Bugleweed) Arabis caucasia (Rock cress) Asarum (wild ginger, evergreen wild ginger) Bergenia (Saxifrage) Convallaria (Lily-of-the-Valley) Epimedium Euonymus fortunei (Wintercreeper Euonymus) Galax ...
Ajuga (pronounced /əˈd'uːɡə/[3]), also known as Bugleweed,[4] Ground pine[5] or Carpet bugle, is a genus of about 40-50 species of annual and perennial herbaceous flowering plants in the mint family Lamiaceae, ...
The fluffy, columnar inflorescences of Anise-Hyssop somewhat resemble those of the much smaller Bugleweed, another Mint Family member.
Lycopus asper. Rough Bugleweed. Yellowstone National Park.
Prunella vulgaris. Self Heal.
Prunella vulgaris. Self Heal.
 See also: Bugle, Ajuga, Green, May, Ajuga reptans
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