Periwinkle, also known as Vinca major, makes a beautiful ground cover that doesn’t require much attention. That’s until it takes over your entire yard (and probably the neighbor’s). If you find your ...

How to Identify Periwinkle Flowers Periwinkle flowers (botanic name Vinca minor) grow as a ground cover in Zones 4 to 9.

New plants should be spaced one foot apart. They should fully cover in three years or less. For sunny areas, Vinca Minor (periwinkle or ... will spread and cover the ground. Spacing two feet ...

The flowers are most numerous in mid spring, but plants will re ... soil and partial shade, periwinkle will tolerate poor, dry soils and sunny exposures. The same characteristics that make this plant ...

Periwinkle, English ivy and wintercreeper ... something that is less of a threat.” Any ground cover bed will need to be weeded regularly. “The plants can’t keep out weeds by themselves ...

There's a place for ground cover plants but you have to be careful, they are not permanent solutions to a piece of garden you don’t know what to do with. Everyone has a spot in the garden that ...

The plants will also have to be well ... Vinca minor: Known commonly as periwinkle or creeping myrtle, this evergreen ground cover is quite common in yards and gardens around our region.

Well-chosen ground cover plants can also give a softer appearance ... they may be difficult to get rid of. Periwinkle (vinca) is extremely hard to get rid of, snow-in-summer will fill a sunny ...

There's a place for ground cover plants but you have to be careful, they are not permanent solutions to a piece of garden you don’t know what to do with. Everyone has a spot in the garden that ...