Ajuga reptans ‘Princess Elsa’
Ajuga reptans 'Princess Elsa' is an evergreen bugleweed with shiny, silver foliage and blue-purple flowers.
Ajuga ‘Princess Elsa’ brings class and style to the garden with its small clumping habit and unique, silver foliage. The leaves are small and textured with a silvered sheen that provides a perfect foil for the blue-purple flowers that bloom from spring to early summer. Cold hardy, heat tolerant, fast growing, evergreen and low maintenance. Use this bugleweed as a ground cover for borders, along pathways, and in containers. Pollinator attractor. Deer and rabbit resistant.
Common Name: Bugleweed
Family: Lamiaceae (The Mint Family)
Zone Hardiness: 4-9
Light: Part Shade, Full Sun, Part Sun
Height: 4-8"
Width: 8-12"
Primary Bloom Colour: Blue
Secondary Bloom Colour: Purple
Bloom Time: Late Spring
Foliage Colour: Green, Silver, Bluish
Class: Evergreen
Type: Perennial
Soil Moisture: Average, Moist
Stem Colour:
Fragrance: No
Berries:
Benefits: Bees, Hummingbirds
Deer Resistant: Yes
BC Native: No
Native Habitat: Grassy fields and woods, often in damp soils.
Award: AGM
Geographical Origin: Europe and Western Russia, Garden Origin
