species
Ajuga reptans
Bugle
Photo: Didier Descouens · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via Wikimedia Commons
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Ajuga reptans belongs to the family Lamiaceae, also known as Bugle, native to the UK. It reaches 20 cm tall and 60 cm across in about 10 years. It grows in part shade, shade or full sun, on loam or clay soil, where the ground is acid, neutral or alkaline and in moist conditions, and suits average positions. It flowers from May to June and is evergreen. Its RHS hardiness rating is H7 (very hardy): Below −20°C.
Assembled from the attributes recorded below.
What this plant needs
- Size at maturity
- 20 cm tall × 60 cm across, after about 10 years
- Hardiness
- H7 (RHS)
- Aspect
- Part shade, Shade, Full sun
- Soil
- Loam, Clay
- Acidity
- Acid, Neutral, Alkaline
- Moisture
- Moist
- Exposure
- Average
- In the UK
- Native
When it flowers
- Jan
- Feb
- Mar
- Apr
- May
- Jun
- Jul
- Aug
- Sep
- Oct
- Nov
- Dec
Evergreen — it holds its leaves through the winter.
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