Ajuga reptans ‘Pink Lightning’

Ajuga reptans 'Pink Lightning' has bluish green and cream variegated foliage that is flushed with pink in cooler weather.

Ajuga reptans ‘Pink Lightning’ has bluish green and cream variegated foliage that is flushed with pink in cooler weather. Short pink flower spikes, distinctly different from the usual blue, appear in the spring. Bugleweeds are unendingly useful with their variety of evergreen foliage and lovely blue (or pink) flowers. Use them as attractive groundcovers or tumbling out of containers from full sun to full shade!

Common Name:  Bugleweed

Family:  Lamiaceae (The Mint Family)

Zone Hardiness:  3-9

Light:  Full Shade, Part Shade, Part Sun, Full Sun

Height:  4-8"

Width:  12-24"

Primary Bloom Colour:  Pink

Secondary Bloom Colour:  

Foliage Colour:  Variegated - Cream/White

Class:  Evergreen

Type:  Perennial

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Soil Moisture:  Moist, Average

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Fragrance:  No

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Benefits:  Bees

Deer Resistant:  Unknown

BC Native:  No

Native Habitat:  Grassy fields and woods, often in damp soils.

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