Bugleweed (Ajuga reptans)

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit:	Herb/Forb
Life cycle:	Perennial
Sun Requirements:	Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences:	Wet Wet Mesic Mesic Dry Mesic Dry
Minimum cold hardiness:	Zone 3 -40 °C (-40 °F) to -37.2 °C (-35)
Plant Height:	6 to 9"
Plant Spread:	6 to 12"
Leaves:	Unusual foliage color
Flowers:	Showy
Flower Color:	Blue
Flower Time:	Spring
Uses:	Groundcover Will Naturalize
Wildlife Attractant:	Bees Birds
Resistances:	Deer Resistant Tolerates foot traffic Drought tolerant
Propagation: Seeds:	Self fertile
Propagation: Other methods:	Stolons and runners
Pollinators:	Self Moths and Butterflies Bees

Common names

Bugleweed
Bugle
Carpet Bugle
Carpenter's Herb
Blue Bugle

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Uploaded by bumplbea

Location: z6a MA, my garden
Date: 2016-05-09

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Uploaded by DaylilySLP

Date: 2020
Volunteer seedlings from an Ajuga ‘Burgundy Glow’

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Uploaded by hementia

Location: Southern Pines, NC (Boyd House garden)
Date: April 5, 2022
Bugleweed #134; RAB page 898, 164-2-1. AG page 406, 82-4-1. LHB p

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Uploaded by sedumzz

Location: full sun - zone 7
Date: 2019-08-07

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Location: full sun - zone 7
Date: 2019-08-07
New plant.

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Location: charlottetown, pei, canada
Date: 2017-06-09
Bugleweed,Catlin's Giant,hardy tough plant.

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Location: Brownstown Pennsylvania
Date: 2017-05-02

Uploaded by nativeplantlover

Location: Darwell Rolling Woods, Alberta
Date: 2015-06-17
Love the colour of these leaves, plant is spreading nicely in my

Uploaded by darwellwoods

Location: Massachusetts
Date: 2016-05-26
Ajuga? Blue Bugle? Takes over lawn.

Uploaded by jsf67

Location: Garden
Date: Spring 2017
Excellent ground cover, bees love it.

Uploaded by Yorkshirelass

Location: central Illinois
Date: 2013-04-26

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Location: CZ Sirem My garden
Date: 2015-05-03

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Uploaded by DaylilySLP

Date: 2019
Volunteer seedlings from an Ajuga 'Burgundy Glow'

Uploaded by Hamwild

Location: Del Norte county amongst the Redwoods
Date: 2018-05-17
taken from yard and potted

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Uploaded by jmorth

Location: Lucketts, Loudoun County, Virginia
Date: 2016-03-09
Overwintering foliage

Uploaded by greenthumb99

Location: Denver Metro CO
Date: 5/7/15
Not sure of culitvar, taken with complete overcast

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Location: CZ Sirem My garden
Date: 2015-05-04

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Location: Fountain, Florida
Date: 2012-01-07

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Location: In my garden in Kalama, Wa.
Date: 2008-05-06

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Location: central Illinois
Date: 2012-10-05

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Location: central Illinois
Date: 2012-10-07

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Location: Karlsruhe, Germany
Photo by H. Zell

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Courtesy Gardens in the Wood of Grassy Creek

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Location: my garden, Gent, Belgium
Date: 26th May 2009

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Location: Mason, New Hampshire
Date: 2015-05-11

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Comments:

Posted by Mike (Lower Hudson Valley, New York - Zone 6b) on Aug 24, 2014 7:52 PM concerning plant:

A terrific groundcover that likes to creep down slopes in my yard and spill over rock borders onto the garden path. The bluish-purple flowers are long lived. The purplish green leaves provide a nice background for the long-lasting, bluish-purple flowers that rise above on little stems. Will occasionally get crown rot in hot humid summers. Flattens out and dies back during New York winters, to re-emerge in the spring.

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Posted by Sharon (Calvert City, KY - Zone 7a) on Dec 3, 2011 12:35 AM concerning plant:

Ajuga reptans is of the mint family. Its species name, reptans, refers to the reptilelike creeping of the plant's runners.

Its use in folk medicine for healing external wounds is considered valid because the plant contains tannin, a substance that helps stop bleeding. Though it was considered a medicinal plant at one time, its use as an astringent is the only use that has been validated scientifically.

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Posted by Catmint20906 (PNW WA half hour south of Olympia - Zone 8a) on Aug 1, 2014 6:11 PM concerning plant:

Ajuga reptans reportedly attracts the beneficial insects Ladybugs and Hoverflies. Ladybugs feed on aphids, mealybugs, soft scales, and spider mites. Hoverflies feed on aphids.

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Thrives only where it volunteered. by jsf67	Jan 29, 2017 6:42 AM	2
Leaves by DaylilySLP	May 31, 2022 11:32 AM	2
Not Choco Chip by sedumzz	May 31, 2022 11:02 AM	3
Not Chocolate Chip by sedumzz	May 31, 2022 11:29 AM	1

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