Ajuga reptans 'Atropurpurea'

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• Position: full sun or partial shade
• Soil: any moist, well-drained soil
• Rate of growth: fast-growing
• Flowering period: April to June
• Hardiness: fully hardy
  
  A useful plant for the edge of a shady border, ajuga also makes good groundcover as it soon knits together to form an evergreen carpet. This one has attractive, bronze-purple foliage, with densely packed, small, upright spires of deep blue flowers in spring. Tolerates sun or shade and poor soils, but does not like to dry out.
  
  
• Garden care: To rejuvenate and minimise congestion, lift and divide clumps in late autumn or early spring every two years.