#ajuga

[seasonalwonderment]

Ajuga ~ Photograph by Pam Braswell

[jillraggett]

Plant of the Day

Tuesday 27 August 2024

The entrance to Inverness Botanic Garden has recently been landscaped with a great plant association of Liatris spicata (button snakewort, dense blazing star, Kansas gayfeather) and Liatris spicata 'Alba' with a groundcover, beneath these upright perennials, of Ajuga reptans 'Burgundy Glow' (bugle). Both species grow best in moist but well–drained soil with Liatris spicata needing a sunny location.

Jill Raggett

[faguscarolinensis]

Ajuga reptans 'Burgundy Glow' / 'Burgundy Glow' Carpet Bugle at the Sarah P. Duke Gardens at Duke University in Durham, NC

[giulliadella]

I am insanely angry.

Look at this gorgeous patch of blue bugle (Ajuga genevensis):

Well, today was the grass cutting day (also known as “day when I want to stab myself in the ears and regularly lose my faith in humanity”). Look how this patch looks like now:

Only one - ONE bugle survived:

And you know what’s the worst thing? Bugles are small. They don’t grow over 10cm. So WHY CUT THEM? What soulless monster came and saw these gorgeous flowers and was like “yeah mow them down”?!?

Lamiaceae are plants that don’t grow after being cut like grass. They are also incredibly important for pollinators, especially bees. I want to commit war crimes whenever something like this happens.

[honeymuse2002]

Ajugas 💜

[florafotoz]

Ajuga

[flowerishness]

Ajuga reptans (Bugleweed)

Bugleweed is often recommended as a ground cover in places where grass won’t grow easily. It spreads quickly using runners like a strawberry plant. If you plant it in a perennial garden bed it will typically start to colonize the adjoining lawn. It’s done this in my garden too but I usually let it flower for a while before unleashing my ultimate weapon: the lawnmower. 

[wiley-treehouse-gardens]

I don't know what this varigated gorgeousness is but I love it!

Wiley-treehouse-gardens

10/18/21

Edit 10/25/21: @turtlesandfrogs pointed me to ajuga, so I did some research and I think it's a Princess Nadia Ajuga! Or perhaps a Burgundy Glow Ajuga?