‘Fancy Finch’ Ajuga
Ajuga reptans ‘Fancy Finch‘ FEATHERED FRIENDS
Plant Details
USDA Plant Hardiness Zones: 4a-9b Find Your Zone
Plant Type: Perennial
Height at Maturity: 4-6″
Width at Maturity: 12-18″ or more
Spacing: 12″ for groundcover planting
Spacing: 12″ for groundcover planting
Growth Habit / Form: Dense, Carpet-Forming, Mounding, Spreading/Trailing
Growth Rate: Moderate
Flower Color: Cobalt Blue
Flower Size: Small, packed on upright spikes
Flowering Period: Late Spring to Early Summer
Flower Type: Single
Fragrant Flowers: No
Foliage Color: Shades of Gold, Green, Bronze
Fragrant Foliage: No
Berries: No
Berry Color: –
Sun Needs: Full Sun, Shade, Part Sun
Water Needs: Average, lower when established
Soil Type: Clay (amended), Loam, Sand (amended), Silt (amended)
Soil Moisture / Drainage: Moist But Well-Drained
Soil pH: 4.5 – 6.5 (Acid to Slightly Acid
Maintenance / Care: Low
Attracts: Visual Attention, Butterflies, Beneficial Insects
Resistances: Deer, Drought, Insect, Rabbit
Description
If you can’t decide which foliage color is best for Bugleweed, then pick all three with Feathered Friends ‘Fancy Finch’ Ajuga! This perennial ground cover boasts tricolor small leaves in shades of gold, green and bronze! It’s more narrow leaves add a feathery texture and uniqueness in the garden with a colorful display that lasts year-round. The spikes of cobalt-blue flowers are an extra-added bonus in mid to late spring. This vigorous ground cover quickly grows as a thick mat, suppressing weeds along the way. It’s sure to become a favorite in the shade garden.
Landscape & Garden Uses
Growing in a carpet-like patch to 4 to 6 inches tall and spreading 12-18 inches or more, Fancy Finch Ajuga is a wonderful choice for use as a colorful groundcover in shady to partially shaded areas. With consistently moist soil this variety will tolerate full sun in the South. Also ideal for use as a spreading border along paths and walkways, as a groundcover to fill in around shrubs in home foundation plantings and woodland areas, as a gap and crevice filler between pavers and stones, as an underplanting for shrubs and trees, tucked around boulders in rock gardens, as a soil cover in combination container gardens. A fine addition to black theme gardens, rock gardens, and cottage gardens.
Suggested Spacing: 12 to 18 inches apart for mass plantings and solid borders
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Growing Preferences
When planted right and in the right spot, Fancy Finch Ajuga is easy to grow. It adapts to most soil types and likes shade to part shade. Morning sun or all day filtered sun is fine. It prefers a moist but well-drained soil of average fertility. Overly dry soils will require supplemental irrigation. As with many other plants, a constantly soggy or wet soil can be problematic.
Helpful Articles
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