Chocolate Chip Ajuga
Chocolate Chip Ajuga is a low-growing perennial ground cover plant with small, brown foliage and spikes of blue-violet flowers. The deep, brown leaves create a rich and captivating texture that contrasts beautifully with traditional green foliage. It is a distinctive and versatile plant that offers numerous benefits when landscaping projects. Its unique appearance, hardiness, and adaptability make it popular for enhancing outdoor spaces with visual and functional advantages.
Chocolate chip ajuga is a low-growing perennial that works well as ground cover. Some gardeners even use it as a living mulch because it helps suppress weeds. It is primarily found in northern Africa, southwestern Asia, and Europe, where it's native.
Plant Chocolate Chip Ajuga Is an Attractive Addition to Your Yard
It is a dwarf variety of bugleweed in the mint family. Gardeners can expect each plant to grow about three inches in height and nine inches in diameter. It gets its name from its dark green to brown-colored or burgundy leaves. In the mid to late spring, they sprout bluish-purple-colored flowers reminiscent of lilacs or lavender.
They provide excellent ground cover and can fill shady and bare areas of your yard. They work well in rock gardens, along borders, and under and around shrubs. As they get established, they form a dense mat that can be used in place of grass or where grass won't grow. Savvy gardeners can even plant them in containers.
Attract Pollinators with Chocolate Chip Ajuga
If you love butterflies and hummingbirds, plant them. This plant makes a great addition to butterfly gardens and can be planted in window boxes and planters if you want to attract a few painted ladies to your house. It also works well near vegetable gardens because it attracts bees, which can help pollinate your plants.
Recommended Companion Plants for Chocolate Chip Ajuga
Chocolate Chip Ajuga can be planted around and alongside many trees, shrubs, and flowers. Some favorites include rose bushes, holly, hydrangea, Brunner, violas, and balloon flowers. Balloon flowers make a great addition because they also attract butterflies and pollinators.
They may be the right plant for your yard if you're looking to cover bare spots in your yard and add depth around rock gardens and along the edges of bushes and shrubs.
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Bloom Season
Summer
Bloom/Foliage Color
Purple
Height at Maturity
Under 12"
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