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Periwinkle

Vinca minor

Also called Creeping Myrtle

  • Trailing perennial
  • Smooth evergreen foliage
  • Beautiful blue phlox-like flowers
  • Quickly spreads to become an invasive ground cover
  • Bloom Time: Spring and intermittently throughout the summer

ZONE:
4

COLOUR:
Blue

HEIGHT:
12-15 cm

SPREAD:
40-60 cm

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Additional Notes about Periwinkle:

Vinca minor is introduced and invasive in much of North America.

Grow Me Instead recommends alternates such as Geranium maculatum, (Wild geranium) Asarum canadense, (Wild Ginger) among others.

Characteristics & Attributes

Full Sun
Full Sun
Full Shade
Full Shade
Partial Sun/Shade
Partial Sun/Shade
Fast
Fast
Low Maintenance
Low Maintenance
Evergreen
Evergreen
Ground cover
Ground cover
SOIL MOISTURE:
Moist to Average
Well-drained
Average to Dry Soils
ATTRIBUTES:
Juglan Tolerant
FLOWERING TIME:
Spring
Early Spring
HABIT:
Trailing
FOLIAGE COLOR:
Green (dark)
LANDSCAPE USES:
Woodland/woods edge
Border/edging