Re: Vinca Minor does well in the shade???
last sentence?
At 03:15 PM 4/19/2000 -0500, you wrote:
>Hello - This is some info that I got on the Web about Vinca Minor, and I
>don't see anything that says it's OK to grow in the shade??? Cajun Joe
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>VINCA - ANNUAL BEDDING PLANT
>A wonderfully delicate-looking annual bedding plant you might like to
>consider is Vinca. Sometimes called Madagascar Periwinkle, this free-
>flowering, trouble free beauty might remind you of impatiens, although the
>leaves of Vinca are narrower, darker and shinier. The big difference is that
>Vinca grows in full sun, adores hot dry weather, and doesn't even mind air
>pollutants.
>Bloom colours are deep pink, soft pinks, rose, purple, and pure white. Some
>vinca varieties form an attractive mound about 35 centimetres in diameter,
>while other varieties are perfect for ground cover, growing to a maximum of
>12 centimetres high, but spreading as far as 60 centimetres.
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>In the past, annual Vinca did not tolerate cold damp weather well, but some
>of the newer varieties seem to tolerate cool weather better. One thing to
>watch out for is overwatering - this plant will not tolerate it.
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>Perennial Vinca is better known as Vinca Minor, or Blue Periwinkle. This is
>an excellent ground cover plant with pretty blue flowers that peek out from
>rick, glossy evergreen leaves. This ground cover is particularly effective
>in shady areas, unlike its annual cousin.
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