Chocolate chip bugleweed is an evergreen, ground-hugging herbaceous perennial. This cultivar has oval, chocolate-colored leaves with burgundy highlights and bluish-purple flower spikes that bloom in mid- to late spring.
This plant prefers partial to full shade and humus-rich, moist, well-drained soil. It spreads to form a mat and, over time, creates an attractive ground cover that is deer and rabbit resistant and easy to grow..
Use this plant in small spaces, containers, borders, or under trees and shrubs. It attracts butterflies, hummingbirds, and pollinators, so plant it in a butterfly, cottage, pollinator, rock, or shade garden.