Ajuga reptans Atropurpurea

Name: Ajuga reptans Atropurpurea – Bugle rampant pour l’ombre
Brand: plant d'Avenir
SKU: pda328
Price: 4.9 EUR
Availability: InStock

€4,90

Ajuga reptans Atropurpurea is a popular, low-growing groundcover plant known for its attractive, dark foliage and colorful blooms.

Ajuga reptans Atropurpurea has rich, chocolate-bronze-purple leaves that bring drama and contrast to a windowbox or a garden.

In early summer, it produces spikes of small, tubular blue flowers that add vibrant color to the garden - adored by butterflies and bees.

Low-maintenance and easy to grow, Ajuga 'Atropurpurea' requires minimal care and provides maximum, year-round interest for your garden.

Learn more about gardening with the Ajuga family:

- ENG: How to Control the Ajuga reptans
- FR: La Bugle Rampante

Flowering	April, May
Flower Color	Blue
Exposure	Full Sun, Half Sun/Half Shade
Frost Tolerance	-20°C
Size	0,1m x 0,4m
Soil	Cool, Well Draining

pda328

€4,90

In stock

🪴9x9 cm

🚂 Ships across EU
🌱 Grown in our nursery

If it likes its environment, Ajuga can spread aggressively, so it may need some monitoring or containment in certain regions.

Bugle is a primary nectar source of the pearl-bordered fritillary and the small pearl-bordered fritillary.

And if you REALLY now your butterflies - it is an important (secondary) nectar source for the brimstone, chequered skipper, common blue, cryptic wood white, dingy skipper, Duke of Burgundy, green-veined white, grizzled skipper, heath fritillary, holly blue, large blue, large skipper, large white, marsh fritillary, orange-tip, painted lady, small white, and wood white butterflies.

There are tales that it can be infused in a tea form and used to deal with respiratory tract troubles - however I have read that this happens only in Austrian traditional medicine and there is only one 19th century medicine book that confirms (other books claim it aids with intestinal troubles) this so .... proceed with caution!

Ajuga reptans is also a somewhat-common foraging sight in many places where it grows.

They are edible raw in small numbers, however as the leaves get old, they also get more bitter.

They are also quite bitter when they are young so this is not a salad for everyone.