Six (More) Ajuga 'Chocolate Chip' Plugs Planted In Front - August 2025

About a month ago, I posted some details of the Ajuga 'Chocolate Chip' that was rebounding in our front beds - in the little island bed in between our driveway and front steps and on the other side of the stairs and along the property line.  I've been trying to utilize more and more groundcover over the past few years - after neglecting it for the first five. 

On a recent trip to the Home Depot, I found this six pack of Ajuga plugs in the nursery and brought them home.  It was in flower, so in the first photo below, you can see the pack of plugs and (at the bottom of the photo) the flower stems that I snip'd-off:

I put three of the six in the little island bed between the driveway and front steps.  This bed already has some Chocolate Chip, so I was sort-of filling in some of the gaps.  Below are three photos:  first one shows all three new plugs mixed with the existing.  Second one shows two of them (left and right) and the third photo shows the one further down the driveway:

Here, below, is an annotated version of the first photo showing the new locations:

The other remaining three groundcover plugs went into the island bed down by the sidewalk.  These went right at the corner of the driveway and the sidewalk.  See below for a photo of these three:

Planting up this bed was my #3 priority on my 2025 to-do list and having some permanent four-season groundcover is part of that plan.  So....along with planting the Matcha Ball Fern Leaf Spirea, those Medusa Alliums, the Garden Ghost Artemesia and some annuals, this goes towards that goal. 

Also, #16 on my list was to 'keep going on groundcover' - so these six help there, too.