General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Partial or Dappled Shade
Partial Shade to Full Shade
Full Shade
Water Preferences: Wet
Wet Mesic
Mesic
Dry Mesic
Dry
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 3 -40 °C (-40 °F) to -37.2 °C (-35)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 9b
Plant Height: 6 Inches
Plant Spread: 8 - 14 Inches
Leaves: Unusual foliage color
Fragrant
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Purple
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer
Underground structures: Rhizome
Uses: Groundcover
Will Naturalize
Resistances: Deer Resistant
Rabbit Resistant
Tolerates dry shade
Tolerates foot traffic
Drought tolerant
Propagation: Seeds: Self fertile
Pollinators: Self
Moths and Butterflies
Bees
Miscellaneous: Tolerates poor soil
Patent/Plant Breeders' Rights: PP: 15815

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Trade name information:
Trade Name: Black Scallop™
Cultivar name: 'Binblasca'
Common names
  • Bugleweed
  • Bugle
  • Carpet Bugle

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Location: My garden in N E Pa. 
Date: 2019-05-05
Location: Fairfax, Virginia
Date: 2022-04-22

Date: Oct 7, 2022
Ajuga Black Scallop
Location: Work area
Date: 2018-08-31
Location: Denver Botanic Garden, Denver, Colorado 
Date: 2022-10-09
Location: Central Kansas (Zone 6b)
Date: 2015-05-04
Receives full sun all day
Location: Work area
Date: 2018-08-31
Huge plant for just $12.00 at a local nursery.
Location: Fairfax, Virginia
Date: 2022-04-12
Location: Summerwinds Nursery Phoenix, Arizona
Date: 2016-02-08
Location: Riverhead, NY
Date: 2016-05-02
Early May, bloom time here.  Leaves darkest in winter.

Photo courtesy of Santa Rosa Gardens. Used with permission.
Location: National Botanical Garden (DC) | November 2022
Date: 2022-11-26
Location: Farmer Johns Greenhouse, Farmington Hills, MI
Date: 2010-08-07

Date: 2021-09-19
Location: Kalama, Wa
Date: 2011-10-12
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Date: 2016-08-24
Photo courtesy of Santa Rosa Gardens. Used with permission.
Location: Central Kansas (Zone 6b)
Date: 2015-05-03
Receives full sun all day
Location: Central Kansas (Zone 6b)
Date: 2015-05-03
Receives full sun all day
Location: Fairfax, Virginia (Outdoors)

Date: 2021-09-08
Location: Akron, OH
Date: 2017-10-04
New 4 in. size plant in October
Location: Farmer Johns Greenhouse, Farmington Hills, MI
Date: 2010-08-07
Location: Eagle Bay, New York
Date: 2022-07-26
Bugleweed (Ajuga reptans Black Scallop™)
Location: In my garden in Kalama, Wa.
Date: 2008-05-06
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Location: Fairfax, Virginia (Outdoors)
Location: Fairfax, Virginia (May 2022)
Date: 2022-05-18
Location: Fairfax, Virginia (Outdoors)
Location: Hornbaker's Gardens, Princeton, IL
Date: 2015-09-12
Very attractive, both used in grouped plantings and massed as gro
Location: Hornbaker's Gardens, Princeton, IL
Date: 2015-09-12
Location: Fairfax, Virginia (Outdoors)
Location: Hidden Hills CA zone 10b
Date: 2014-07-20
This one grows best in deep shade for me.  This plant was a singl
Location: Farmer Johns Greenhouse, Farmington Hills, MI
Date: 2010-08-07
Location: Farmer Johns Greenhouse, Farmington Hills, MI
Date: 2010-08-07
Location: Maryland
Date: 2015-05-03

Photo Courtesy of Mountain Crest Gardens. Used with Permission.
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Date: 2012-09-19
Location: Minnesota
Date: 2016-07-09
Location: In my garden in Kalama, Wa.
Date: 2008-05-06
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: Maryland
Date: 2014-05-11
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Comments:
  • Posted by BookerC1 (Mackinaw, IL - Zone 5a) on Oct 22, 2015 12:57 PM concerning plant:
    This diminutive plant was really eye-catching, both when used in a mass planting as a ground cover, and as edging along a shady flower bed. The glossy, dark bronze-green and purple leaves with scarlet veining offered a lot of contrast for other plants with lighter foliage. The blossoms were not particularly showy, but they were an attractive purple color.
  • Posted by Catmint20906 (PNW WA half hour south of Olympia - Zone 8a) on Aug 22, 2014 4:45 PM concerning plant:
    Ajuga 'Black Scallop' is an attractive ground cover plant that does well in part shade. Provide 3-4 hours of sun a day for best foliage color. Ajuga reptans attracts ladybugs and hoverflies. Both of these beneficial insects feed on aphids. In addition, ladybugs also feed on mealybugs, soft scales, and spider mites.
Plant Events from our members
piksihk On March 24, 2020 Bloomed
Purple blooms
piksihk On June 5, 2019 Miscellaneous Event
Clump under front pecan tree - naturalized
piksihk On October 22, 2017 Transplanted
some from under pecan tree to front bed and side bed HW
piksihk On April 19, 2017 Bloomed
under pecan tree;
piksihk On May 2, 2015 Transplanted
to front bed WG;
Catmint20906 On May 3, 2015 Bloomed
MrsBinWY On June 17, 2018 Transplanted
On 6-17-2018, planted the purchased plant out by the side yard steps.
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