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Periwinkle
Vinca minor
The ultimate shade-loving groundcover with glossy leaves and blue spring flowers.
- Plant Type
- Vines & Groundcovers
- Width
- 6-2 Ft.
- Height
- 4-6 In.
- USDA hardiness zone
- 4 - 9
- Sun requirements
- Full Sun, Part Shade, Full Shade
- Design image count
- 2
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Vinca minor, or lesser periwinkle, is a versatile trailing evergreen subshrub that forms dense, weed-smothering mats. Its glossy, dark green leathery leaves provide year-round interest, while charming lavender-blue flowers emerge in spring and continue intermittently through summer. Ideal for erosion control on slopes or as an underplanting for shrubs, it thrives in conditions ranging from full sun to deep shade. This hardy plant prefers well-drained soil and is remarkably drought-tolerant.