Ajuga reptans ‘Bronze Beauty’
Blooming Time
Exposure
Bronze Beauty Ajuga is an extremely popular mat forming perennial that blankets the ground (spreading like a strawberry) with rich bronze colored evergreen leaves. Valued also for its superb springtime floral display, bronze ajuga sends up copious masses of blue flowered hummingbird attracting floral spikes.
Details
Hardiness Zone:
Blossom Color:
Violet to Purple
Growth Habit:
Creeping
Max Height:
3"
Texture:
Recommended Spacing:
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Special Characteristics
Features
Rich bronzy purple evergreen leaves, cheerful bright blue hummingbird attracting springborne flowers.
Landscape Value
Carpeting, maintenance reducing ground cover for small to moderate scale. Good filler between stepping stones, good color contrast.
Care
Watering:
'Bronze Beauty' Ajuga requires a fair amount of supplemental watering and often requires watering on a regular basis during the growing season.
Fertilizing:
'Bronze Beauty' Ajuga is a moderate feeder, benefiting from a couple of annual applications of slow release fertilizer. A spring application of a 3-1-2 ratio (such as a 15-5-10) can be applied at a rate of about 10 pounds per 1000 square feet, and during early fall, an application of a 2-1-2 ratio (such as a 10-5-10) can be applied to encourage root development and cold hardiness.
Pruning:
'Bronze Beauty' Ajuga is evergreen and does not require pruning. It is normally only pruned for the purpose of keeping it within bounds.