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

Class:  Evergreen

Type:  Perennial

Bloom Time:  Late Spring

Soil Moisture:  Average, Moist

Stem Colour:  

Fragrance:  No

Berries:  

Benefits:  Bees Hummingbirds

Deer Resistant:  Unknown

BC Native:  No

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

Award:  AGM

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