Periwinkle
- Botanical Name
- Vinca minor
- Hardiness
- Zones 4 to 9
- Height
- 6 inches
- Width
- 24 inches
- Flowers
- Spring: lilac-blue, dark blue, white
- Light
- Full to part shade
- Soil
- Moist, well-drained
- Planting & Care
- Check before planting as this plant is invasive in some areas
- Plant 12 to 18 inches apart to cover large areas
- Problems
- None serious
- Varieties
- Alba - white flowers
- Bowles - larger foliage, more mounding than creeping
- Atropurpurea - reddish-lavender to red-violet flowers
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