Invasive groundcover/vinca minor, AKA periwinkle

In a message dated 4/26/98 6:03:00 PM, you wrote:

<<My favorite invasive groundcover is My favorite invasive groundcover is
vinca minor, AKA periwinkle. It thrives in part sun to shade, has lovely
purple flowers in the spring (they look especially nice around the daffodils
that can grow along with them), and stay green all winter under the snow.  It
can suffer some winter dieback, but return with vigor. It seems to be fairly
drought-tolerant., AKA periwinkle. It thrives in part sun to shade, has lovely
purple flowers in the spring (they look especially nice around the daffodils
that can grow along with them), and stay green all winter under the snow.  It
can suffer some winter dieback,
but return with vigor. It seems to be fairly drought-tolerant.>>

It is quite drought tolerant... I planted some in the woods about 8 years
ago... it has not spread, but it has not died back at all. I will dig it up
this year and plant it around my roses and give it some water. It has gotten
none since it was planted and some years it got little indeed.

Lee Corbin Fireraven9@aol.com
7200 feet  Zone 5 & Sunset Z 2
5+ Acres of Forest & Meadow
Central New Mexico Mountains
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SoilPH-6.8to7-clay,sand,loam&
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