Ajuga

The ajuga is a great ground cover here, spreading nicely without being a thug, the evergreen dark foliage looks good all year and the flowers are a bonus. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Quickly the ajuga and jenny spread and met in the middle, choking out the thyme. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The creeping jenny creeped several feet to blend in with the ajuga, I played no part in it, but it is one of the best combos here. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Upon looking down, we saw a peach lying in the ajuga near the path by the black garden. ❋ Unknown (2009)

I must admit it right here and now – whenever I see any stairs in the garden I remember stairs in your garden and think how would they look with ajuga planted on it. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The ajuga, creeping jenny, cerastium and euphorbia had other ideas! ❋ Unknown (2009)

It has been planted with Angelina sedum, chocolate chip ajuga, nigella and grape hyacinths. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Duking it out are various dianthus, ajuga, golden creeping lysimachia, cerestium, creeping thymes and the deciduous but thuggish wild violets that simply cannot be eradicated no matter the thousands of hours spent trying to do so, among others. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Love the tulips, candytuft, ajuga, dianthus, lilacs. . . love it all! ❋ Unknown (2009)

The steps were originally planted with creeping thymes, but the ajuga had other ideas! ❋ Unknown (2009)

We also have the butterfly weed, muhly and japanese blood grass, astilbe, ajuga and the Crimson Queen maple. ❋ Unknown (2009)

One year the ajuga is king, then the jenny takes over. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Things did not pan out for that vision, half the lavender died and the wild violets took over the ajuga. ❋ Unknown (2008)

This tulipa ‘Jackpot’, thanks again semi, with the ajuga blooming blue beside adds springtime joy to the new black area. ❋ Unknown (2008)

PS .. the ajuga lined with the steps is a beauty ! ❋ Unknown (2008)

A group shot of regular ajuga reptans, some lavender pansies, a young hellebore, cerastium and a smidge of dianthus in the background. ❋ Unknown (2008)

How neat to see ajuga and yellow archangel close up. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Tiny purple flowers of moss verbena stand out against the dark leaves of groundcover ajuga reptans. ❋ Unknown (2008)

I love the color and form of this little dancer, especially with the blue ajuga in the background. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The vision was of neatly clipped silvery balls, with an underplanting of purple ajuga reptans. ❋ Unknown (2008)