Feathered Friends Parrot Paradise Ajuga (Ajuga 'Parpar') - foliage plant, illustrated plant cardIllustration

Feathered Friends Parrot Paradise Ajuga

Ajuga 'Parpar'

Also called parrot paradise bugleweed

Feathered Friends Parrot Paradise Ajuga blooms from April through May.

Bloom calendar
Bloom time
Apr–May
a house reading
Hardiness
Zones 4–9
checked
Sun
Part shade
checked
Water
Moderate water
checked
Mature size
8 in × 20 in
checked
Type
Perennial
house classification

Months here are Northern Hemisphere months; in the Southern Hemisphere, shift them by six months.

Growing Feathered Friends Parrot Paradise Ajuga

Plant it in part shade. It prefers moderate water. It is hardy in USDA zones 4–9. Expect it to reach about 8 in tall and 20 in wide at maturity, in roughly 2 years (a house reading).

Pets

  • Not yet checked for pets.

Lists differ and none is complete. If a pet eats a plant and seems unwell, call a veterinarian or a pet poison helpline.

No toxicity note is on file for Feathered Friends Parrot Paradise Ajuga. That is not a clearance: check its safety for people and pets before planting.

Verification
What was checked

Nine facts were checked against named botanical sources, each recorded beside the sources that carried it: mature height and spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color, the trait tags, and years to mature size, which rests on a recorded house rule where no publisher states one and is marked so. Soil, diseases, pests, toxicity and the plant's own names have not yet been read for this plant, and its trait tags are the ones a feature uses rather than every word a page prints. Each fact above carries its own mark. The planting, spacing and size sections are derived from these checked facts by a fixed rule, not checked separately, and the plant type is the library's own classification.

See the 9 sources it was checked against

When to plant Feathered Friends Parrot Paradise Ajuga

Plant Feathered Friends Parrot Paradise Ajuga in early spring as soon as the soil is workable, or in early fall at least six weeks before your first frost, so roots establish in cool weather. In zone 6, the middle of its hardy zones 4 to 9, spring means March to May and fall means August or September. Once settled, it blooms from April to May.

Month-by-month timing for your zone is on the planting calendar; if you garden near zone 6, the middle of this plant's hardy range, start with zone 6 in March. Derived from the plant's category, zones and bloom months plus typical zone frost dates, not checked separately.

How big does Feathered Friends Parrot Paradise Ajuga get?

Illustration of Feathered Friends Parrot Paradise Ajuga drawn to scale beside an adult8 intall5 ft 7 inan adult20 inwide
About 8 in tall and 20 in wide at maturity: shin-high beside an adult.

See Feathered Friends Parrot Paradise Ajuga in a garden plan: the planner shows it in 3D beside everything else you add, growing toward this size over the years.

How far apart to plant Feathered Friends Parrot Paradise Ajuga

Derived from the mature spread above by a fixed rule, not checked separately: spacing is the spread, center to center.

Space Feathered Friends Parrot Paradise Ajuga about 20 in apart, center to center, so each plant has room to reach its full width.

Plant them
20 in apart
Per 10 sq ft
about 4
4 by 8 ft bed
about 8

Add Feathered Friends Parrot Paradise Ajuga to a garden plan and the planner draws it at its full width, so you see the spacing before you buy.

Where these facts come from

Feathered Friends Parrot Paradise Ajuga's height, spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom color and trait tags were checked against 9 published sources on October 21, 2026. Each one is linked below with every fact it carried, which can include a fact this page still marks as not yet checked, because a source carrying a value is not the same as the value being held to the standard. Facts not in that list, and the planting, spacing and size sections, are not covered by these sources.

  • Plant Addictsheight, spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color and trait tags
  • gardensolutionsplants.comGarden Solutions, LLCheight, spread, hardiness zones, sun, bloom months and color and trait tags
  • Plant Delights Nursery/ Juniper Level Botanic Gardenheight, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color and trait tags
  • Pleasant Run Nurseryheight, spread, hardiness zones, bloom months and color and trait tags
  • treevalley.caTree Valley Garden Centre (NetPS plant description)height, spread, hardiness zones, sun and bloom months and color
  • plantipp.euPlantippheight, spread, sun and trait tags
  • redbuttegarden.orgRed Butte Garden, University of Utahhardiness zones, sun, water and trait tags
  • jcra.ncsu.eduJC Raulston Arboretum, NC State Universityheight, hardiness zones and sun
  • Chicago Botanic Gardenhardiness zones

How the checking works, and what each standard covers, is on the verified plants page.

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