Vinca

Vinca

Vinca minor and Vinca major

Aka:

Size:



Lighting requirements:


Seasonal interest:

Winter:

Periwinkle and Creeping Myrtle 

3 to 6 inches tall (can root in where nodes touch the ground, covering an entire bed)


Full sun to shade (seems to perform best in part sun)

Lavender flowers spring to summer

Dies back

Vinca is commonly attacked by a leaf-folder worm (a moth larva). You can use BT (Bacillus thuringiensis) if they become a problem.

This is considered an invasive plant. Please Avoid planting near wild areas. A few native alternatives would be Pigeon Berry, Frog Fruit, and Cedar Sage.