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Ajuga reptans 'Variegata' (bugle)

German: Kriech-GünselCzech: zběhovec plazivý
Genus:  AjugaFamily:  Lamiaceae,
Mature Height: 0.15 mBloom in:    V, VI,
Flower Colour:    blueSoil Preferred:  wet,
Light Required:  full sunpart shadeshade 
Other Attributes:  perennial, opposite leaves, obovate, type of inflorescence - spike, ground cover, alternate of lawn, interesting colour of leaves,
Plants of Genus Ajuga:

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Floral Images: Bugle (Ajuga reptans)
Michigan State University Extension: Ajuga reptans--Bugleweed
NC State University: Ground Covers: Ajuga reptans
NC State University: Perennials - Ajuga reptans
USDA PLANTS: Ajuga reptans (common bugle)
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Perennial Combinations: Stunning Combinations That Make Your Garden Look Fantastic Right from the Start (Rodale Garden Book)

C. Colston Burrell,
Product Description:
Perennial Combinations features plant medleys that bring color, texture, and excitement to the garden in every season. The book features 130 of the best pernnial combinations with photographs of each grouping, along with a numbered photo key and plant list. Each grouping features just two to six plants; gardeners can plant the combinations as they appear for small garden spaces or they can repeat or mix the combinations for large beds and landscapes. Available for the first time in paperback, with a new chapter of plant combinations featuring today's big, dramatic perennials, backyard gardeners will find the best choices to accent wide open spaces, marry slopes and high foundations, and make an impact on the landscape with impressive and showy plants. From tall plumes to bold foliage, many of these plant combinations create a living privacy screen and offer a bounty of bloom for those looking to make an "architectural" statement in their perennial beds. Plant cultivar names have been updated throughout the book so gardeners can choose perennials that are readily available at local nurseries.

Publisher: Rodale Books (2008-02-19)
Price: $22.95

Understanding Orchids: An Uncomplicated Guide to Growing the World's Most Exotic Plants

William Cullina,
Product Description:
Orchids are the largest family of plants in the world. With 30,000 known species, you could acquire a different orchid every day for eighty years and still not grow them all. Back in the realm of reality, readers of this beautiful book can quickly and easily find the orchids that are right for them -- which ones will thrive on a windowsill, which prefer artificial lights, and which need a greenhouse; which are for beginners, which for experts. And you can pinpoint the species within a particular genus that are the best ones to start with. Once you select your orchid, William Cullina's authoritative guide explains what to do to keep it alive and healthy.
Featuring more than two hundred color photographs, Understanding Orchids covers everything you need to know to grow orchids successfully, whatever your level of interest or experience. With improved tissue-culture techniques making orchids more affordable, and the Internet making them readily available to consumers, growing orchids is more popular than ever: membership in the American Orchid Society has more than doubled in the last fifteen years. This is the book orchid fans have been waiting for.

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (2004-11-09)
Price: $40.00

Orchids for Dummies

Steven Frowine, National Gardening Association,
Product Description: The fun and easy way to grow orchids
Orchids, as anyone who has read Susan Orlean's The Orchid Thief or has seen the movie Adaptation knows, inspire a passionate following. And their popularity is rising: according to the USDA, more than 12.7 million orchids were sold in the U.S. last year. Brimming with black-and-white illustrations and 8 pages of color photos, this friendly guide introduces would-be orchid fanciers to today's most popular and intriguing orchid varieties—and shows step by step how to select healthy plants at a nursery or commercial grower, cultivate them successfully at home, promote blooms, create beautiful orchid displays, and even produce hybrids.

Alan Koch (Lincoln, CA) is owner of Gold Country Orchids, a company that breeds award-winning miniature and compact Cattleyas and Phalanopsis. His orchids appear regularly at North American orchid shows, and he delivers talks at orchid societies worldwide.
Publisher: For Dummies (2005-02-21)
Price: $16.99

Growing Fruit (RHS Encyclopedia of Practical Gardening)

Harry Baker, The Royal Horticultural Society,
Product Description: 320 two-color illustrations.
Publisher: Mitchell Beazley (1999-03-01)
Price: $18.00

Rain Gardens: Managing Water Sustainably in the Garden and Designed Landscape

Nigel Dunnett, Andy Clayden,
Product Description: Rain gardens encompass all possible elements that can be used to capture, channel, divert and make the most of the rain and snow that fall on a property. Using the innovative and attractive approaches described here, it is possible to enhance outdoor spaces and minimize the damaging effects of drought, stormwater runoff, and other environmental challenges. Nigel Dunnett & Andy Clayden have created a comprehensive guide to water management techniques for the garden and built environment. Filled with practical, manageable solutions for small and large-scale implementations and utilizing authoritative research with state-of-the-art case studies from all over the world, Rain Gardens is the first book on sustainable water management schemes suitable for students and professionals.
Publisher: Timber Press, Incorporated (2007-04-01)
Price: $34.95
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