Ajuga reptans Feathered Friends Fancy Finch
Ajuga reptans Feathered Friends Fancy Finch
Ajuga reptans Feathered Friends Fancy Finch
Ajuga reptans Feathered Friends Fancy Finch
Ajuga reptans Feathered Friends Fancy Finch
Ajuga reptans Feathered Friends Fancy Finch
Ajuga x reptans Feathered Friends Fancy Finch
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Description
Ajuga Feathered Friends™ Fancy Finch is a variety of creeping bugle with a compact habit and unusual colour combination of bronze, gold, and orange. This small perennial forms a dense, evergreen carpet. The foliage is adorned with intense blue candles in late spring, boasting a lovely contrast of colours. It is slightly less vigorous than most forms. This variety is suitable for border and rock garden ornamentation, as well as container gardening. It should always be planted in partial shade or areas with morning sun only.
Ajuga Fancy Finch is a perennial plant from the Lamiaceae family. It has a fairly rapid growth rate, self-rooting with its stolons. It ultimately forms a carpet measuring 10 to 12cm (4 to 5in) in height, with a minimum diameter of 40cm (16in). It develops semi-evergreen to evergreen rosettes of oblong, wavy, and veined leaves, depending on the severity of the winter. Their colour varies from golden yellow to bronze, yellow-green, and even orange in the sun. From May onwards, small spikes appear above the foliage, composed of flowers no more than a few millimetres in size. The bilabiate blooms are striped with bright blue. The flowers appear erect above the foliage. They bloom for over a month.
Ajuga Fancy Finch is a less exuberant variety that will happily occupy the space you give it. Its growth is easy to control by eliminating wandering stolons. It can make lovely potted displays when combined with florist's anemones, alyssums, or bellflowers. Bugles are among the best ground cover plants. They are perfect for dressing the base of trees and bushes in shaded beds, in combination with spring bulbs or lamiums with colourful foliage, delicate flowers, and beautiful leaves such as elfin flowers (Epimedium), or Geranium macrorrhizum. They are good companions for hostas and shade-loving perennial geraniums. In a moist rock garden, they can be planted alongside Acaena 'Blue Haze' or A. buchananii, Azorella trifurcata 'Nana', lady's mantles, and saxifrages.
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Ajuga
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Feathered Friends Fancy Finch
Lamiaceae
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Planting and care
It is undemanding regarding the nature of the soil. It does not tolerate prolonged drought. It prefers cool partial shade or dappled sun that respects the nuances of its foliage. Plant it in slightly moist soil that is rich in humus. It will tolerate clayey soil if well-drained. It tolerates limestone very well. It can be planted all year round, in shaded areas with moist soil that does not dry out.
Watch out for slugs in spring! They can wreak havoc on young plants.
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Hardiness is the lowest winter temperature a plant can endure without suffering serious damage or even dying. However, hardiness is affected by location (a sheltered area, such as a patio), protection (winter cover) and soil type (hardiness is improved by well-drained soil).
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In temperate climates, pruning of spring-flowering shrubs (forsythia, spireas, etc.) should be done just after flowering.
Pruning of summer-flowering shrubs (Indian Lilac, Perovskia, etc.) can be done in winter or spring.
In cold regions as well as with frost-sensitive plants, avoid pruning too early when severe frosts may still occur.
The harvesting period indicated on our website applies to countries and regions in USDA zone 8 (France, England, Ireland, the Netherlands).
In colder areas (Scandinavia, Poland, Austria...) fruit and vegetable harvests are likely to be delayed by 3-4 weeks.
In warmer areas (Italy, Spain, Greece, etc.), harvesting will probably take place earlier, depending on weather conditions.
The sowing periods indicated on our website apply to countries and regions within USDA Zone 8 (France, UK, Ireland, Netherlands).
In colder areas (Scandinavia, Poland, Austria...), delay any outdoor sowing by 3-4 weeks, or sow under glass.
In warmer climes (Italy, Spain, Greece, etc.), bring outdoor sowing forward by a few weeks.
The planting period indicated on our website applies to regions in USDA Zone 9a (East Coast and Midlands: Dublin, Wexford, Waterford, Kilkenny, Portlaoise). It will vary depending on where you live:
- On the west coast and in the north-west (Galway, Limerick, Sligo, Donegal, Westport), delay planting by 1 to 2 weeks in spring and bring it forward by 1 to 2 weeks in autumn compared to the dates given, preferably choosing periods without strong winds.
- In the inland hills and plateaus (Wicklow Mountains, Macgillycuddy’s Reeks, Connemara, Killarney), it is best to plant in spring (April–May) or autumn (September–October), avoiding periods of waterlogged soil in winter and strong winds, which pose the main risk to newly planted trees in these areas.
The flowering period indicated on our website applies to regions in USDA Zone 9a, such as the East Coast and Midlands, including Dublin, Wexford, Waterford, Kilkenny and Portlaoise.
This will vary depending on where you live:
- On the west coast and in the northwest (Galway, Limerick, Sligo, Donegal and Westport), it will be delayed by one to two weeks compared to the given dates, due to stronger Atlantic winds and less spring sunshine.
- In the inland hills and plateaus (the Wicklow Mountains, the Macgillycuddy's Reeks, Connemara and Killarney), flowering will be delayed by two to three weeks. Flowering mainly occurs between May and July, with the limiting factors being less frost and more of the excessive humidity, strong winds and lack of sunshine that are characteristic of these areas.