{"title":"Ajuga","description":"\u003cp\u003eSome ajuga cultivars produce colorful variegated foliage in addition to charming flower spikes. Ajuga is a great butterfly magnet, particularly for swallowtail butterflies. In addition, hummingbirds delight in visiting ajuga flowers.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eAjugas, as a group, have been overlooked because of the prevalence and pestilence of the common types. These next generation ajugas are great for \u003ca title=\"See rock garden plants\" href=\"https:\/\/www.plantdelights.sbs\/collections\/rock-garden-plants\"\u003erock gardens\u003c\/a\u003e, woodland gardens, etc. with their colorful foliage. In addition, improvements to flowering are now being featured, as well as their desirability to swallowtail butterflies. Ajugas are very tough and deer-resistant, but perform their best in moist areas of light shade or partial sun. Ajuga are great as a grow-through plant for spring and summer bulbs.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eAjuga is a very tough genus of deer-resistant perennials that perform best in moist areas of light shade or partial sun. When happy, ajuga will spread via short stolons into a nice colony, forming a great grow-through plant for spring and summer bulbs. When you are ready to buy ajuga for your garden, check out our online selections of ajuga for sale.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"ajuga-pyramidalis-metallica-crispa-purpurea","title":"Ajuga pyramidalis Metallica Crispa Purpurea","description":"\u003cp\u003e(aka: Ajuga 'Mini Crisp Red') This very cute, slow-growing ajuga forms tight rosettes of deep purple, crinkled, spinach-like leaves, eventually making a 3\" tall x 1' wide patch in 3 years. Ajuga 'Metallica Crispa Purpurea' is great used in masses in a well-drained rockery or in a special sunny spot in the garden where, in late spring, the patches are topped with 6\" stalks of tiny purple-blue flowers. Ajuga 'Metallica Crispa Purpurea' is one of a small handful of bugleweeds that thrive in our heat and humidity.\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Plant Delights Nursery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":20999954117,"sku":"39","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1527\/8799\/files\/Ajuga-pyramidalis-Metallica-Crispa-Purpurea.i-39.s-64346.r-1.jpg?v=1790690352"},{"product_id":"ajuga-reptans-texas-tough","title":"Ajuga reptans Texas Tough","description":"\u003cp\u003e(aka: Ajuga 'New Orleans') Growing ajuga well in the hot, humid southeast US seemed about as unlikely as electing a 70-year-old resort developer as President. That's why Ajuga reptans 'Texas Tough' is such an amazing discovery. Our friend and keen-eyed plantsman Scott Ogden, spotted this patch of ajuga growing in the Big Easy and knew he had discovered something special. Ajuga 'Texas Tough' doesn't just survive, it thrives, solidly covering the ground, even in full southern sun with 100% humidity and almost daily rains. You'll love this insanely sturdy grower, composed of tightly woven glossy green leaf rosettes, forming a spectacular, weed-suppressing 4' wide patch in only 2 years. Stalks of purple flowers top the clump in late spring. We mistakenly introduced this as Ajuga 'New Orleans' in 2017...our faux pas.\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Plant Delights Nursery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":22561973381,"sku":"12990","price":15.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1527\/8799\/files\/Ajuga-reptans-Texas-Tough.i-12990.s-66088.r-1_00c6bfbf-3945-454c-9d08-3c95fe39af80.jpg?v=1785863927"},{"product_id":"ajuga-reptans-black-scallop","title":"Ajuga reptans Black Scallop","description":"\u003cp\u003e(PP 15,815 expired) Ajuga 'Black Scallop' is a superb and colorful evergreen groundcover that exists thanks to \u003ca title=\"Opens Tristram Plants Nursery in new tab\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tristramplants.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eUK nurseryman Mike Tristam\u003c\/a\u003e, who found it as a tissue culture mutation in a batch of Ajuga reptans 'Braunherz'. Black Scallop bugleweed acts like a typical ploidy mutant (additional sets of chromosomes) with larger, darker purple leaves and flowers than its parent, as well as better disease tolerance. The heat-tolerant dense mat of crinkled, glossy purple foliage is topped in late spring with stunning stalks of blue-purple flowers. Ajuga seeding around is a terrible problem for us with some cultivars, but we have never encountered a single seedling. Tired of mulching? Put this attractive ajuga to work in your garden as a living mulch. Average to slightly moist soils are best.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eMaintenance:\u003c\/h3\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eAjuga is a maintenance free perennial. Planted in the right conditions, it should never need any maintenance. This ajuga selection forms larger clumps instead of spreading like many more common ajugas, making it a much better behaved plant in the garden.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003ch3\u003eGrowing Conditions:\u003c\/h3\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e'Black Scallop' bugleweed prefers a slightly moist soil, but one which drains well. It can handle a significant drought as long as it doesn't last extremely long. We prefer to plant ajugas in full sun, although they are fairly tolerant of dry, open light shade. If soils become waterlogged, either in summer or winter, plants can rot, so the key is to give it the correct conditions. Good air movement also helps both the soil and foliage dry out quicker after precipitation.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGarden Value:\u003c\/strong\u003e Bugleweed is great for creating color contrasts in the garden without impacting the growth of plants growing around it. The dark purple color remains vivid throughout the entire season.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003ch3\u003eNatural Impact:\u003c\/h3\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca title=\"Ajuga\" href=\"https:\/\/www.plantdelights.sbs\/collections\/ajuga\"\u003eAjuga\u003c\/a\u003e are pollinated in spring by bees.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Delights Nursery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":6354589057063,"sku":"13515","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1527\/8799\/files\/Ajuga-reptans-Black-Scallop.i-13515.s-66895.r-1_d151d81c-7f13-475b-a204-d8f304f8913f.jpg?v=1790263223"},{"product_id":"ajuga-tenorei-blueberry-muffin-pp-22092","title":"Ajuga tenorei Blueberry Muffin PP 22092","description":"\u003cp\u003eAjuga 'Blueberry Muffin' is a Terra Nova introduction of a ploidy mutant of the popular miniature-leafed, Italian endemic, Ajuga tenorei 'Valfredda'. 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While Ajuga 'Blueberry Muffin' will grow fine in both sun and shade, plants in part sun seem to fare best. In these conditions, soils dry out quicker, which can present diseases.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Delights Nursery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":19763605864535,"sku":"14897","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1527\/8799\/files\/Ajuga-tenorei-Blueberry-Muffin-PP-22092.i-14897.s-65785.r-1.jpg?v=1787171422"},{"product_id":"ajuga-tenorei-cordial-canary","title":"Ajuga tenorei Cordial Canary","description":"\u003cp\u003eWe were literally blown away when we first saw photos of this bright golden bugleweed! Ajuga 'Cordial Canary' comes from the creative breeding program of Michigan's Chris (Sparky) Hansen, who worked with the popular Ajuga tenorei, to come up with this gold sister to Ajuga 'Valfredda' (aka: Chocolate Chip). Ajuga 'Cordial Canary' forms a tight, 3\" tall, slowly-widening mound of narrow golden leaves, topped in spring with stalks of blue-lavender flowers. This is sure to be a huge hit with garden designers as well as home gardeners as the trend toward \"green mulches\", continues to grow. Morning sun to part sun and slightly moist soils are best for growth and to retain the bright leaf color.\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Plant Delights Nursery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32454643679319,"sku":"16734","price":15.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1527\/8799\/files\/Ajuga-tenorei-Cordial-Canary.i-16734.s-67344.r-1_82825da6-56af-4808-83bb-294c4e366d8a.jpg?v=1791487013"},{"product_id":"ajuga-parrot-paradise","title":"Ajuga Parrot Paradise","description":"\u003cp\u003eAjuga 'Parrot Paradise' is a Chris Hansen introduction that arose as a hybrid between the clumping Ajuga tenorei and the spreading Ajuga reptans. 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