Ajuga
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Ajuga is a ground cover which puts up blue flower spikes.
Ajuga spreads well without being invasive. The landscaper put a
little in our street bed, and from there we have divided and
transplanted it to where we have dozens and dozens of the plants
around our lot in all kinds of soil. Online nurseries charge $10
or more for a single Ajuga plant; in HSV, you can get it at
garden club sales for a buck or two.
Care instructions say to dead-head it, but when you have so
many dozens, that's a lot of work. It never seems to suffer from
not being dead-headed.
We think this is
Bronze Beauty Carpet Bugle (Ajuga reptans 'Bronze Beauty').
In Southwest beds:
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Close-up:
In Northwest beds:
April 25, 2009:
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to see Ajuga without flowers.
June 7, 2009:
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too see Ajuga with flowers.
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