英:['bju:gəlˌwi:d]
美:['bjugəlˌwid]
英:['bju:gəlˌwi:d]
美:['bjugəlˌwid]
Noun
1. a mildly narcotic and astringent aromatic herb having small whitish flowers; eastern United States
2. any of various low-growing annual or perennial evergreen herbs native to Eurasia; used for ground cover
The first known use of bugleweed was circa 1818
bugleweednoun
any mint of the genus Lycopusespecially: a mildly narcotic and astringent herb (L. virginicus) of the eastern half of the United States
1 I hadn’t grown ajuga or bugleweed for many years, seeing it as a bit coarse, but I discovered that I just wasn’t looking hard enough.
2 You can also mulch heavily and establish living ground cover using plants such as white clover, creeping thyme, creeping germander or bugleweed, which fill niches and retain moisture, Kiers says.
3 Semi-evergreen ground covers often seen in Chicago-area yards include periwinkle (Vinca minor), English ivy (Hedera helix), wintercreeper (Euonymous fortunei), Japanese pachysandra (Pachysandra terminalis), bugleweed (Ajuga reptans) and liriope (Liriope spicata).
4 Among the ground cover plants that work well in dry shade are barrenwort (Epimedium); bugleweed (Ajuga reptans); creeping lilyturf (Liriope spicata); and the native Canadian wild ginger (Asarum canadense).
5 In the back some of the plants are golden Japanese forest grass, Spikenard, Brunnera, a beech tree, Golden Bleeding Heart, Barronwort, lilies, butterfly bush, rosebushes, ferns, Heuchera, Lamium, bugleweed, phlox, and Persicaria virginiana.