Ajuga Feathered Friends 'Petite Parakeet' offers shades of yellow, red and green leaves with cobalt blue flowers.
Description:
Ajuga Feathered Friends 'Petite Parakeet' offers gold and rusty red tones on small oval leaves. Cobalt-blue flowers emerge in late spring to early summer. Cold hardy, evergreen and low maintenance. A very useful and vigorous ground cover. Especially valuable in our dark winter months. Use as a mass planting, in borders, and edgings. Pollinator attractor. Deer and rabbit resistant.
Common Name: Bugleweed
Family: Lamiaceae (The Mint Family)
Zone Hardiness: 4-9
Light: Part Sun, Part Shade, Full Shade
Height: 4-8"
Width: 12-24"
Primary Bloom Colour: Blue
Secondary Bloom Colour: Purple
Class: Evergreen
Type: Perennial
Bloom Time: Spring
Soil Moisture: Average, Moist
Stem Colour:
Fragrance: No
Berries:
Benefits: Bees
Deer Resistant: Yes
BC Native: No
Native Habitat: Grassy fields and woods, often in damp soils.
Award: AGM
Geogrpahical Origin: Europe and Africa - Europe and Western Russia
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