Burgundy Glow Ajuga Live Plant – 48 Plants Ground Cover – Hardy 1 3/4″ Pots

Overview

Transform your garden into a vibrant, low-maintenance haven with the Burgundy Glow Ajuga live plant. Also known as Carpet Bugle, this exceptional evergreen perennial is celebrated for its striking, multi-colored foliage that boasts shades of burgundy, green, and cream. It quickly establishes a dense mat, making it an ideal solution for areas where grass struggles to grow, or as an attractive filler between stepping stones and borders. This resilient plant is perfect for gardeners seeking an effective weed-suppressing ground cover that provides year-round visual interest. Its ability to thrive in partial to full shade makes it a versatile and invaluable addition to a wide range of garden settings, bringing both beauty and practicality.

The Burgundy Glow Ajuga live plant is a vigorous grower, spreading readily to create a lush carpet of foliage. Beyond its ornamental appeal, this plant is a workhorse in the garden, requiring minimal care once established. It’s a fantastic choice for those looking to simplify garden maintenance while still achieving a stunning outdoor space. Whether you’re filling in shady spots, controlling weeds, or adding a touch of vibrant color, this Ajuga ground cover is an excellent choice. Its adaptability and low-maintenance nature make it a favorite among gardeners of all skill levels, ensuring a beautiful and weed-free landscape.

Key Benefits

The Burgundy Glow Ajuga live plant offers numerous advantages for any landscape, combining aesthetic appeal with practical functionality. Its robust nature and unique characteristics make it a standout choice:

• Effective Weed Control: This Ajuga ground cover forms a thick, impenetrable mat of foliage that effectively smothers and prevents weed growth, significantly reducing the need for manual weeding in your garden beds.
• Shade Tolerance: Thrives effortlessly in partial to full shade conditions, making it an excellent solution for challenging areas of your garden where other plants, especially grass, may struggle to grow and flourish.
• Low Maintenance: Once established, this resilient plant requires minimal care, asking for little more than occasional watering during dry spells, allowing you more time to enjoy your garden rather than tend to it.
• Rapid Spread: Known for its vigorous spreading habit, the Burgundy Glow Ajuga live plant quickly covers large areas, creating a seamless and lush carpet of colorful foliage in a relatively short period.
• Evergreen Foliage: Provides continuous visual interest throughout the year with its attractive, multi-hued leaves that retain their vibrant colors even through the colder months, ensuring your garden always has a touch of life.
• Deer Resistant: This deer resistant ground cover is typically ignored by deer, making it a perfect choice for gardens located in areas prone to deer populations, ensuring your plants remain undisturbed.
• Attractive Blooms: Produces charming blue or purplish flower spikes in spring, adding another layer of visual appeal and attracting beneficial pollinators to your garden.

Plant Care & Growing Tips

Caring for your Burgundy Glow Ajuga live plant is relatively straightforward, making it an excellent choice for both novice and experienced gardeners. This hardy perennial is quite forgiving, but providing optimal conditions will ensure the most vibrant growth and spread. For sunlight, this Carpet Bugle plant prefers partial to full shade. While it can tolerate some morning sun or late afternoon sun, it’s crucial to protect it from harsh midday sun exposure, which can scorch its delicate leaves and diminish the intensity of its burgundy coloration. In deeply shaded areas, the foliage may appear greener, while more sun exposure encourages richer burgundy tones.

When it comes to watering, keep the soil consistently moist, especially during the establishment phase after planting. Frequent watering may be necessary during dry periods. Once established, the Burgundy Glow Ajuga live plant is somewhat drought-tolerant but will always perform best in moist conditions. For soil, it thrives in moist, well-drained soil but is tolerant of poor, heavy soils. Amending the soil with organic matter like compost before planting can significantly improve drainage and fertility, promoting healthier and more vigorous growth. Fertilization is generally not heavily required; a light application of a balanced, slow-release fertilizer in early spring can encourage more robust growth and flowering. This shade tolerant ground cover is hardy in USDA zones 3-9, tolerating a wide range of temperatures.

Common problems are few for this resilient plant. Slugs and snails can occasionally be an issue in consistently damp environments; organic slug baits or traps can help manage these pests. Crown rot can occur in poorly drained, overly wet conditions, so ensuring good soil drainage is paramount. Overall, its low susceptibility to pests and diseases makes the Burgundy Glow Ajuga live plant a truly low-maintenance option that provides beautiful results with minimal effort.

Size & Details

Each order includes 48 individual Burgundy Glow Ajuga live plant specimens, each carefully grown in a 1 3/4-inch pot, ready for immediate planting. These plants are shipped in convenient 48-cell flats, ensuring they arrive healthy and are easy to handle for planting. When mature, this Carpet Bugle plant typically reaches a height of 4-6 inches and can spread vigorously, often covering a square foot or more per plant per year under ideal growing conditions. The rapid spreading habit is due to its underground runners, which allow it to quickly form a dense, seamless carpet of foliage.

The vibrant foliage of the Burgundy Glow Ajuga live plant provides year-round interest, with its characteristic burgundy, green, and cream variegation. In spring, it produces charming spikes of blue or purplish flowers that rise above the foliage, adding an extra layer of beauty. This perennial is an excellent choice for mass plantings, borders, rock gardens, or as an underplanting for shrubs and trees. Its robust nature and ability to thrive in challenging conditions make it an invaluable addition to any garden, offering both beauty and functionality. Expect these plants to establish quickly and begin spreading, providing effective weed control and a lush appearance.

Frequently Asked Questions

• Q: How quickly will this Ajuga ground cover spread to cover an area? A: The spread rate depends on growing conditions such as moisture and light. Under ideal conditions (moist soil, partial shade), it can spread rapidly via its underground runners, potentially covering a square foot or more per plant per year. You can expect significant coverage within one to two growing seasons.
• Q: What is the ideal soil type for the Burgundy Glow Ajuga live plant? A: This plant thrives in moist, well-drained soil but is quite tolerant and can even grow in poor, heavy soils. Amending the soil with compost before planting is highly recommended as it improves both drainage and fertility, leading to healthier and more vigorous growth.
• Q: How much sunlight does this shade tolerant ground cover need? A: This plant prefers partial to full shade. It can tolerate some morning or late afternoon sun, but it’s important to avoid exposing it to harsh midday sun, which can scorch the leaves and affect the vibrancy of its color.
• Q: How often should I water this Carpet Bugle plant? A: Keep the soil consistently moist, especially during the establishment phase immediately after planting. Water frequently, particularly during dry periods. Once established, it becomes somewhat drought-tolerant but will always perform best and look its healthiest in consistently moist conditions.
• Q: Is this deer resistant ground cover? A: Yes, the Burgundy Glow Ajuga live plant is widely known to be deer resistant. Its foliage is generally unappealing to deer, making it an excellent choice for gardens located in areas where deer are a common concern.
• Q: What condition will the plants arrive in? A: The plants are shipped in convenient 48-cell flats, with each plant in its own 1 3/4-inch pot. They are carefully packaged to ensure they arrive healthy and ready for planting, with strong root systems to aid in establishment.
• Q: Can I plant this Ajuga in containers or hanging baskets? A: While primarily used as a ground cover, its trailing habit makes it an attractive choice for containers and hanging baskets, especially in shady areas. It will spill over the edges, adding a beautiful cascade of color.