Ajuga Reptans 'Chocolate Chip' is a fast growing groundcover plant that can be grown in USDA Plant Hardiness Zones 3A through 9B. It matures to an average height of 1 inch to 1 foot and an average width of 6 inches to 1 foot, depending on climate and other environmental factors. It prefers growing in a location that provides shade, morning sun with afternoon shade or filtered sun and grows best when planted in loam, clay or silt soil that is well drained. It attracts visual attention and is resistant to deer, insects, diseases, foot traffic and heat.

Chocolate Chip Ajuga can be useful in the landscape in mass plantings, in foundation plantings, in containers or planters, as a border or edger, around decks, swimming pools, and other outdoor living areas, under a shade tree, as a groundcover, between stepping stones and pavers, as a lawn substitute or in landscape beds or islands and also in theme gardens, cottage gardens or shade gardens.

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This unique variety of Ajuga sports relatively small, narrow leaves that weave a tight mat of foliage. The Chocolate Chip Ajuga's evergreen foliage is attractive year-round, showing off a satin sheen finish embossed with rich hues of chocolate brown, bronze and maroon. From mid to late spring, short spikes of light blue flowers stand upright above the low, spreading foliage. The effect is stunning when planted en masse.

Its petite size and lower habit make Chocolate Chip perfect for planting between stepping stones, in wall crevices, around boulders, or in other small spaces in shady to partially shaded areas of the garden. It is also useful for erosion control on slopes.

Thriving in growing zones 4-9, this beautiful plant is very cold-hardy and grows just about anywhere, preferring some shade in hotter climates of the South. It is adaptable to most soil types provided they are well-drained.

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