Caitlin's Giant Bugleweed

Ajuga reptans 'Caitlin's Giant'

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$26.00

A vigorous, ground-hugging and spreading selection that features scalloped, bronze-green foliage; blue flower spikes appear in the spring and into the early summer; heat tolerant and low maintenance; deadhead spent flowers

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Features and Growing Tips

Note: Each live plant is unique and may differ from the photo while maintaining its beauty. Plants come in a plastic pot; other items in images are not included.

Landscape Qualities

Caitlin's Giant Bugleweed is a dense herbaceous evergreen perennial with a ground-hugging habit of growth. Its medium texture blends into the garden | but can always be balanced by a couple of finer or coarser plants for an effective composition.

Ornamental Qualities

Caitlin's Giant Bugleweed's attractive crinkled round leaves emerge dark brown in spring | turning forest green in color with prominent coppery-bronze tips the rest of the year on a plant with a spreading habit of growth. It features subtle spikes of blue flowers rising above the foliage from mid to late spring.

Planting and Growing

Caitlin's Giant Bugleweed will grow to be about 8 inches tall at maturity | with a spread of 24 inches. Its foliage tends to remain low and dense right to the ground. It grows at a medium rate | and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for approximately 10 years. As an evegreen perennial | this plant will typically keep its form and foliage year-round.

This plant does best in partial shade to shade. It does best in average to evenly moist conditions | but will not tolerate standing water. It is not particular as to soil type or pH. It is somewhat tolerant of urban pollution. Consider covering it with a thick layer of mulch in winter to protect it in exposed locations or colder microclimates. This is a selected variety of a species not originally from North America. It can be propagated by division; however | as a cultivated variety | be aware that it may be subject to certain restrictions or prohibitions on propagation.

Plant Facts

Prefers partial shade to shade

Deer Resistant

Keep moisture level average to moist

Mature Size 10"Hx24"W

Flowers are blue

Flowers from mid to late spring

Attracts butterflies

Zone 4a

Likes well drained soil