To make a rock garden with Ajuga, start by preplanning with a design of the garden, including dimensions, number of plants, size and number of rocks and plants. Locate a sunny site away from ...

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Ajuga is hardy in zones 3 to 9 and retains its leaf color into the winter. It will grow in full sun to partial shade. The plant itself is smaller in full sun but the flowers are larger.

Lifestyle // Home & Garden. Ajuga is a pretty, but disease-prone, groundcover. By Neil Sperry, For the Express-News Updated May 29, 2015 4:23 p.m.

Dear Denise: One ground cover recommendation you made recently with which I strongly disagree is bugleweed ( Ajuga reptans).It is aggressively invasive, growing from a small bed present in our ...

Garden Detective: Ajuga die-back may be linked to ash tree December 28, 2013 12:00 AM Last spring I planted a flat of Ajuga reptans in an area that previously had a Modesto ash.

Think of it as not a weed but ajuga which is a plant for the entire country as it is cold hardy from zones 3-10. It is in the mint family making it related to other garden plants like salvias and ...

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AJUGA BLIGHT: Southern blight will attack plantings of ajuga this time of year, especially if the weather is rainy. Individual plants or whole areas of a planting will suddenly wilt and die.

ANSWER: Ajuga (Ajuga reptans) is prone to a fungal root and crown rot caused by the Southern blight fungus (Sclerotium rolfsii).For this reason we tend to restrict ajuga plantings to small, minor ...