Chocolate Chip Bugleweed

Ajuga reptans 'Chocolate Chip'

Proven Winners

$19.00

A beautiful evergreen, dwarf variety that presents delicious chocolate brown foliage and pretty blue flower spikes during late spring; low growing with a spreading habit, ideal for beds, borders and containers; low maintenance and heat tolerant

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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

Chocolate Chip Bugleweed is a dense herbaceous evergreen perennial with a ground-hugging habit of growth. Its relatively fine texture sets it apart from other garden plants with less refined foliage.

Ornamental Qualities

Chocolate Chip Bugleweed's attractive tiny narrow leaves emerge dark green in spring, turning dark brown in color 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

and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for approximately 10 years. As an evegreen perennial, Chocolate Chip Bugleweed will grow to be only 4 inches tall at maturity extending to 6 inches tall with the flowers, this plant will typically keep its form and foliage year-round., with a spread of 18 inches. Its foliage tends to remain low and dense right to the ground. It grows at a medium rate

as a cultivated variety, be aware that it may be subject to certain restrictions or prohibitions on propagation., This plant does best in partial shade to shade. It does best in average to evenly moist conditions

Plant Facts

Prefers partial shade to shade

Deer Resistant

Keep moisture level average to moist

Mature Size 4"(6"withtheflowers)Hx18"W

Flowers are blue

Flowers from mid to late spring

Attracts butterflies

Zone 4a

Likes well drained soil