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Homes and Gardens on MSNHow to grow periwinkle – for a shade-tolerant and sprawling ground cover plantNative to temperate regions across Europe, periwinkle is an impressive ground cover plant that will thrive wherever it is planted. Growing best from US hardiness zone 3 to zone 9, periwinkle will ...
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How to Get Rid of Invasive Periwinkle Ground Cover for Good - MSNPeriwinkle, also known as Vinca major, makes a beautiful ground cover that doesn’t require much attention. That’s until it takes over your entire yard (and probably the neighbor’s).
Not knowing how much sun (but assuming full since it’s by the porch), my answers for the question above are dwarf mondo grass, creeping Jenny, sedum or vinca minor (periwinkle). Ground covers ...
Periwinkle is an evergreen ground cover that thrives in our area and will not climb trees, the way ivy does. It comes in white- and blue-flowered forms.
Q: I have some beds where the periwinkle has grown and is sending runners out of the bed, and other spaces that could really benefit from such an attractive ground cover. My thought was to cut off ...
For old beds of periwinkle that have become overgrown, cut it back to the ground in early spring before new growth has started from the base. You can use a lawn mower.
Vinca minor: Known commonly as periwinkle or creeping myrtle, this evergreen ground cover is quite common in yards and gardens around our region. Small periwinkle blue flowers appear in spring.
Periwinkle blossoms of vinca minor. wikimedia commons The interesting, blue bloom of mazus. flickr ... The ground cover itself is great for full sun and can fill in a space pretty quickly.
Because they spread so easily, some common ground covers can become invasive threats to natural areas, like this periwinkle that has taken over the floor of a forest in Michigan.
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