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Potted Ajuga Plants - Description
- Potted Ajuga Plants
- AKA Bungle Weed
- Related to Native Ajuga
- Species: Reptans Black Scallop
- Cultivar: Braunherz
- Potted Plant
- Pot Size: 11cm
Potted Ajuga Plants - Characteristics
- Plant Type: Ground Cover
- Fully Grown Size: 20cm high, 100cm spread
- Fast growing ground cover plant
- Flower Colour: Deep purple
- Flower: Tall spires arise from lower leaves
- Flowering Time: Late Spring to mid Summer
- Foliage: Brilliant foliage means ajuga looks great all year round
- Foliage Colour: Tri-colour of burgundy, cream & green
- Sow: All year round
- Hardiness: Hardy
Potted Ajuga Plants - Uses
- Excellent choice for ground cover
- Ajuga offer a fast growing plant that will spread & cover bare soil
- Low maintenance plant reduces the need to weed flower beds
- Position along the front of flower beds
- Ajuga companion plants include
- Lavender, Saxifraga, Ferns, Ophiopogons, Spirea Gold Flame, Pittosporum Sliver Queen
- Evergreen plant looks great all year round
Potted Ajuga Plants - Planting Instructions
- Soak pots in water before sowing
- Choose a location
- Happy in sun or part shade
- Deep, fertile soil that is well drained
- Spacing: 50cm apart
- Prepare bed by digging over soil & adding fertilizer or manure
- Dig hole roughly twice the size of the plant pot
- Handle pots with care
- Squeeze side of pots to remove plant
- Firm in well
- Soak soil well after planting
- Feed every 2 to 3 weeks
- Can lift & divide clumps every 3 years
