Vinca minor may be an attractive ground cover, but it can quickly take over your entire backyard. Here are tips for ...

Native to temperate regions across Europe, periwinkle is an impressive ground cover plant that will thrive wherever it is planted. Growing best from US hardiness zone 3 to zone 9, periwinkle will ...

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 ...

Dear N.S.: Myrtle is a common name for Vinca minor, a hardy mostly evergreen trailing woody plant that is used as a groundcover.It is native to Europe. It has small pale violet blue flowers in the ...

Vinca minor (Zone 4-8) and major (Zones 7-9) are perennial vincas that are cold hardy and prefer part sun to full shade. These have trailing, creeping habits and are used as groundcovers.

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 ...

Vinca major. Both this and its smaller "sister," Vinca minor can become aggressive, although it is technically not designated an invasive species. This is bigleaf periwinkle. Magnoliopsida ...

Vinca is a good example. Periwinkle is the common name for this pretty plant that belongs to the dogbane or Apocynaceae family. But which plant are you talking about?

Annual vinca (Catharanthus roseus) thrives in hot weather. It has a proclivity to die young when planted in poorly drained soil and care should be taken never to overwater it.

Each year, the National Garden Bureau selects a flower to promote, and this year the annual garden flower known as vinca is the star of the show! Vinca is a popular annual bedding plant in the Midwest ...

Vinca minor (lesser periwinkle or dwarf periwinkle) with blue-violet flowers and green leaves under trees or in a flowerbed. Volodymyr Kazhanov/Getty Images By U of M Extension Master Gardeners in ...