Vinca minor
(Lesser Periwinkle)
Family - Apocynaceae
Category - Shrub
Origin - Europe, Western Asia
Season of Interest - Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter
Hardiness - H6
Height - up to 20cm
Width - Indefinite
Location - The Woodland Walk
Description: An Evergreen, mat-forming sub-Shrub that is excellent for use as ground cover Attractive, glossy dark green leaves are Elliptic to ovate in shape and are held on long, trailing stems. Blueish-purple flowers each have a thin white ring at the centre and are salverform in shape. The flowers are produced from mid-spring into early autumn.
Flower:
Blueish-purple flowers each have a thin white ring at the centre and are salverform in shape. The heaviest crop of flowers is produced from April into June and then intermittently into September.
Flower colour: Purple
Flower shape: Savlerform flowers
Flowering time: April, May, June, July, August, September
Foliage:
Glossy, dark green leaves are Elliptic to ovate in shape and are held in opposite pairs on the trailing, prostrate stems.
Foliage Senescence: Evergreen
Foliage Shape: Elliptic to ovate
Propagation:
Cuttings, division.
Cultivation:
Suitable for sun or shade in most garden soils.