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Vinca
Vinca minor
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Vinca minor or Periwinkle is a favorite flowering groundcover, even in the coldest zones. It loves shade, so its perfect for ringing trees, making mowing easier. Short plants with small, glossy green leaves put on little flowers in periwinkle blue. Its lovely.
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Overall rating: 4.75 / 5 from 4 reviews.
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Deer will dine
"Vinca is a beautiful ground cover that always gets compliments. The deer will eat it down to the ground during the winter in Southeastern Pennsylvania. If you plant vinca in the eating path of deer, you will be very disappointed in spring when you see the plants begin again - green with periwinkle flowers - knowing you will never achieve the lush ground cover you wanted. Vinca is easy to trim back if it grows too forward of sidewalks, lawns, etc. Vinca is invasive and can hold litter from trees, so maintenance is required. Vinca enjoys routine feedings and will flower all season."
Great for shaded lawns
"I have a front yard that's mostly shaded because of the neighbor's tall trees. After several sod replacements, I removed the grass and planted vinca (major) where the lawn used to be. It took a couple of years but now, instead of grass, I have a vinca front yard that's beautiful, maintenance free and doesn't die in the shade."
beautiful under my trees
"Vinca fills in like a blanket around my trees. They are attractive and I no longer need to weed around my trees."
Vinca right for the right place
"Vinca is great where it can be controlled by an edge. I use it, bordered by bricks, with my clematis. It covers the clematis roots and keeps them cool which they like. This spot is in full sun, which I know is not the recommended use, but it's gorgeous and really does its clematis job. Once a year I clean up any vinca that try to go beyond the edge."