Vinca Minor

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Vinca Minor Periwinkle is excellent for steep hills or sloping areas where soil erosion is an issue. This vine is also perfect for planting under garden plants to keep weeds from overgrowing the plants. No other vine is quite like the minor vinca vine. It can cover an area in a couple growing seasons, and It also is an evergreen vine with delicate lavender flowers in early spring. It can even tolerate drought and live well in standing water. Have you ever heard of creeping myrtle? What about periwinkle? Or perhaps just myrtle vines? All these are the vinca minor.

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The best part about these vines is their ability to choke out other weeds due to them having quite a mass of fiber roots. These vines always create a very gorgeous and spectacular ground cover as they grow in all areas.

They can also survive if planted in large containers to decorate porches, patios, and even pool areas during the summer months. These groundcovers are simple and easy to grow and cover all gardens in bright and brilliant color as they provide beautiful blooms. Vinca Minor (also known as periwinkle, dwarf periwinkle, myrtle, and creeping myrtle) is a flowering species originating in parts of Europe and southwestern Asia. This trailing subshrub provides excellent ground cover, and is remarkably hardy, with waxy hunter-green leaves and trumpet-shaped violet blossoms. The leaves are evergreen, while the flowers bloom from early spring through autumn. It is rarely disturbed by either pests, disease or weather, and is known to be deer-resistant.

In the American south, Vinca Minor was often chosen for grave sites because of their long-lasting qualities and maybe know as graveyard vines because it enjoys the sloping hill surrounding websites where there are little traffic and movement. Even today, loyal bunches of this beautiful plant usually indicate forgotten places, long after the original marker has disappeared.

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Vinca Minor Periwinkle 

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The Vinca minor, more frequently referred to by its colloquial name of the Periwinkle plant, is a perennial herb with membership in the Apocynaceae family and is native to both Russia and Europe. This herb has it's ideal growing conditions in USDA Growing Zones 4 – 8 and reaches maximal heights of 6 inches tall. The plant grows horizontally more than vertically, however, with a maximum spread width of 18 inches at full maturity. 

 In keeping with its perennial nature, the leaves of the Vinca minor are evergreen and grow throughout the year. The plant begins blooming in early-May and reaches peak bloom by the end of June. Blooms of the Periwinkle are a light pastel lavender color and maintain a tube-like structure throughout the blooming season. 

 Optimum growing conditions for the Vinca minor are composed of medium-moisture to dry soil beds, and the plant grows best underneath ample amounts of direct sunlight. However, even if direct sunlight is not present, the Periwinkle plant will grow efficiently in partly shaded environments. It is versatile enough to grow in heavily-shaded areas as well. 

 Frequent uses of the Vinca minor include erosion control in heavily watered areas and normalizing the soil quality near the banks of rivers and streams.