3 Chocolate Chip Ajuga Live Plants | Ajuga reptans Ground Cover | Purple Black Foliage | Shade Perennial | Easy to Grow

Add rich color and texture to your landscape with 3 Ajuga reptans 'Chocolate Chip' Live Perennial Plants, a compact evergreen ground cover prized for its narrow, chocolate-purple foliage and vibrant violet-blue flower spikes. This low-growing Bugleweed spreads quickly to create a dense mat, making it an excellent choice for suppressing weeds, reducing erosion, and filling shady garden spaces.

In mid to late spring, brilliant blue flowers bloom above the dark foliage, attracting butterflies, bees, and other beneficial pollinators. Smaller and more refined than many Ajuga varieties, Chocolate Chip is perfect for edging pathways, woodland gardens, rock gardens, borders, containers, and planting beneath trees.

These healthy live plants are shipped ready to plant and establish quickly, providing years of low-maintenance beauty.

Key Features

• Botanical Name: Ajuga reptans 'Chocolate Chip'
• Common Name: Chocolate Chip Bugleweed
• Plant Type: Evergreen Perennial Ground Cover
• Quantity: 3 Live Plants
• Foliage Color: Chocolate Purple to Deep Bronze
• Flower Color: Violet Blue
• Mature Height: 3–6 inches (6–8 inches in bloom)
• Spread: 12–18 inches per plant
• Bloom Season: Mid to Late Spring
• Growth Habit: Low-Growing, Spreading, Mat Forming
• Light Requirements: Partial Shade to Full Shade (Tolerates Morning Sun)
• Water Needs: Moderate; drought tolerant once established
• USDA Hardiness Zones: 3–9
• Characteristics: Evergreen, Compact, Deer Resistant, Pollinator Friendly, Low Maintenance

Why You'll Love It

• Attractive chocolate-purple foliage year-round
• Compact growth perfect for edging and small spaces
• Bright violet-blue spring flowers
• Excellent evergreen ground cover
• Helps suppress weeds and reduce erosion
• Attracts butterflies and bees
• Deer resistant and easy to grow
• Returns fuller every season

Perfect For

• Shade gardens
• Woodland gardens
• Borders and edging
• Ground cover plantings
• Under trees
• Rock gardens
• Slopes and erosion control
• Containers

Care Instructions

Plant in well-drained soil and water regularly during establishment. Grow in partial shade to full shade for the richest foliage color, though plants tolerate some morning sun. Trim runners as needed to manage spread and divide mature clumps every few years to maintain healthy growth.