Ajuga reptans variegata Mattus bags and boxes

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Flowers are pink and come in early to mid-summer

Grows with a slightly open habit and enjoys full sun in well drained soils

even as an informal hedge or screen and is happy on banks or slopes as erosion control

vines like wisteria and even blooming shrubs like lilacs

Ajuga reptans variegata Mattus bags and boxesThis Bugle is such a popular plant in the garden! I think it's because they are such a reliable semi evergreen groundcover in the shade. This one is a lovely collector's plant with its unusual and rare variegated foliage of silver, cream, green and a touch of pink, above which are held blue flower spikes in Spring, adding a bright spot under decidous and evergreen trees alike. They grow 20 cm tall and 40 cm wide, and spread in the right conditions,