Chocolate Chip Ajuga

If ordinary bugleweed is too big for you, then Chocolate Chip Ajuga is exactly what you want. A dwarf form, it grows only 2 or 3 inches tall, spreading to perhaps 18 inches across – perfect for small spaces or pots. The rounded scalloped leaves are chocolate brown flushed with burgundy, and have a charm that is perfect close-up in a pot, underneath a flowering shrub, in a rock garden or tucked among ferns and other plants in a shady corner. Perfect for town gardens as well, it is highlighted in spring by 6-inch spikes of purple-blue flowers that become more charming the closer you get to them. Easy-care and adaptable – the solution when ‘small’ is ‘just right’.

• Dwarf bugleweed for those difficult small areas, and in pots
• Glossy leaves of chocolate and burgundy tones
• Evergreen for year-round groundcover
• Short spikes of purple-blue flowers in spring
• Very adaptable to light and soil variations

Chocolate Chip Ajuga can be relied on to grow almost anywhere, from full sun in cooler areas to light full shade anywhere at all. It isn’t fussy about soil either, growing in just about anything that isn’t totally dry all the time – a little moisture is appreciated from time to time. It doesn’t have pest or disease problems and those deer and rabbits usually give it a miss – so low-maintenance gardening here we come. You can trim off the flower spikes if you want, but hey, no-one is checking up on you.