There’s a spot at The Farm where Vinca minor has been growing happily for at least 14 years, nestled in dappled light in the shade of some trees. I’ve watched it grow, walked over it and wondered why ...

Vinca minor, aka "myrtle," is an evergreen groundcover well suited for underplanting with both spring and fall blooming bulbs like this colchicum, which is flowering now. Dig a hole with a bulb ...

Q. Our Vinca minor is in its third year since planting. It looked great this spring … lively, lush, green, lots of small purple flowers. In fact, it never looked better. A month or so ago, we started ...

Her painter’s eye taught her that white flowers shine in shade, but tend to fade and disappoint in brighter light. The white vinca named after her is a wonderful form of lesser periwinkle, Vinca minor ...

The acceptable face of a ground-cover plant. This is Vinca minor, the Periwinkle, a plant with delightful blue/purple flowers (there is a white form as well) which can take shade with sun. V minor ...

Linguam Latinam non loquor - I don't speak Latin. Some botanical names don't trip lightly off my tongue. I'll sound out the words phonetically, but it's easy to stumble over pronunciations. The words ...