Ajuga Jungle Beauty

Jungle Beauty est un couvre-sol dense et dense au feuillage sombre et au bleu profond.

AJUGA JUNGLE BEAUTY

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Jungle Beauty is a dense spreading ground cover with dark foliage and deep blue flower spikes in spring and summer. Spreading it can create a dense cover ideal for rockeries and borders. It requires little watering once established. Prefers a full sun to part shade position. Ideal for pots and containers.

Plant 20-30 cm apart for good coverage.

Towers of lavender blue flowers. The foliage is deep green and forms a dense mat. The leaves have a purple blush. Settles in and grows quickly.

Late spring to early summer the foliage is topped with whorls of purple blue flowers. Ajuga 'Jungle Beauty' is an excellent ground cover, it will also look good in rock gardens, the front of borders and pots. Ajuga is low maintenance and a great foil underneath rose plants.

This colourful ground cover has leaves to 9cm long. It is a rhizomatous perennial that spreads by stolons. Ajuga 'Jungle Beauty' is fully hardy and grows in moderately fertile to humus rich, moist soils. They grow best in in part shade to full sun. In hot areas of the garden, part shade is best, as the foliage may burn. Keep an eye out for powdery mildew and treat with your choice of fungicide.