Ajuga reptans 'Princess Elsa' – Carpet Bugle
Details
Carpet Bugle, Bugleweed
'Princess Elsa' brings a lovely silvery shimmer to the garden with variegated, metallic silvery-green foliage and elegant blue-purple flowers from spring into summer. This low-growing evergreen perennial forms an attractive carpet, adding contrast along borders, between stepping stones, and in rock gardens. Its spreading habit also makes it useful as a groundcover or a foliage accent in pots. Strong, heat tolerant, and low maintenance, it attracts bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds while providing year-round foliage interest.
Key Features:
- Evergreen herbaceous perennial with a low, spreading habit
- Variegated metallic silvery-green foliage
- Blue-purple flowers from spring into summer
- Deer resistant; tolerant of heat, drought, clay, bog conditions, and coastal exposure
- Attracts bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds
- Spreads by runners; monitor its spread around neighboring plants
- Low-maintenance choice for borders, containers, stepping stones, rock gardens, and groundcover
Growing Details:
Height: 6 in. | Spread: 10 in., spreading by runners
Exposure: Sun/part shade | Water: Moderate/moist
Bloom time: Spring–summer | Bloom color: Blue-purple
USDA Hardiness Zone: 4–9
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