Description
A wonderful Ajuga with dark, slightly metallic, crinkled and hairy leaves with small blue flowers that appear in summer.
Habit – Spreading
Resilience – Hardy
Flowering Time – April – July
Height and spread – 8 x 35 cm
Ideal Conditions – Ideal for any conditions, but with free draining soil or compost.
Possibile situation – Best used in containers with other low growing plants.
Features –
Typical season – Spring
Flower Colour – blue
Foliage Colour – Bronze
Flowering time – April – July
Planting recommendation – Container Prefers – Full Sun
Temperature tolerance – A hardy plant which should survive normal winter conditions outside, especially if protected from the hardest frosts.
Plant care –
Family – LABIATAE Genus – Ajuga Cultivar – Metallica Crispa
Pot Sizes – 9cm Pot Spacing –
Growing Media and irrigation – Free draining – keep evenly moist
Feeding fertiliser – NPK balanced feeding Feeding frequency – Requires infrequent feeding (Low EC)
PH Recommendation – Standard 5.0 to 5.5 Common pests – Two Spotted Mite Common disease – Botrytis
Species – pyramidalis
