How to grow bugleweed

When to plant bugleweed

Bugleweed (ajuga) is a fast-spreading evergreen-to-semi-evergreen groundcover that forms a dense mat and sends up showy blue-violet flower spikes in mid to late spring into summer (NC State: spring through summer). Plant or divide in spring or fall; it tolerates all light levels and makes a thick cover in cool shady spots where grass will not grow, but it spreads aggressively, so keep it away from lawns and perennial beds.

Bugleweed is timed by season rather than your frost dates, so the planting calendar does not generate ZIP-specific dates for it. Check the cited sources below to fine-tune for your area.