Scientific Name: Ajuga x tenorii 'Chocolate Chip'
Common Name: Chocolate Chip carpet bugle
Family Name: Lamiaceae
Origin: Europe, Garden origin
Hardiness Zone: Zone 2: (-46 to -40 °C)
Plant Type: Ground cover, Herbaceous perennial
Mature Size: 0.1 - 0.2m x 0.6 - 1.0m (height x width)
Habit: Dense, Spreading
Form: Creeping / Mat-like
Texture: Medium - fine
Landscape Uses: Container planting, Erosion control, Ground cover, Group or mass planting, Perennial border, Rock garden, Spring interest
Exposure: Full sun only if soil kept moist, Part sun/part shade, Filtered shade, Deep shade
Soil or Media: Humus rich, Well-drained
Leaves: Simple, Opposite, Basal, Leathery, Lustrous, Oblanceolate, Ovate, Spatulate, Crenate, Dentate, Entire
Flowers: Verticillaster, Blue, May-Jun
Fruit: Schizocarp, Green, Brown, Aug-Sep
Key ID Features:
Very dense ground cover; leaves basal and then opposite on runners, ovate to spatulate, most 1.5-5cm long x 5-14mm wide, dark green to purple.