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What is it?

lovemygarden2lovemygarden2 Posts: 25
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Found this plant creeping around my garden, can someone tell me what it is please

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  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    One of the bugles  - Ajuga.
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • lovemygarden2lovemygarden2 Posts: 25
    Thank you, I will check it out and see what to do  ;)
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147


    This is what we’ve done with a couple of ajugas. 

    Two smallish plants planted into a trug earlier this year. 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • lovemygarden2lovemygarden2 Posts: 25
    They look lovely 👍🏻
    Thank you for you reply 😀 
  • josusa47josusa47 Posts: 3,530
    A lovely wild plant which is native to the UK and good for ground cover in shady bits of the garden.  Several cultivated varieties are available.
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    I've used the common one to fill all the little gaps around my pond when I altered it this year. Grows in almost any conditions too.
    It can be a bit invasive, but also very easy to pull out if it gets ideas of world domination. 
    The cultivated varieties are better behaved though  ;)
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • lovemygarden2lovemygarden2 Posts: 25
    I have just installed a wildlife pond, have to give this a go 😀
  • AsarumAsarum Posts: 661
    Hmm, not sure about Ajuga.  How about Mimulus guttatus?
    East Anglia
  • lovemygarden2lovemygarden2 Posts: 25
    That looks interesting too 😉
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