Re: Vinca Major
- To: s*@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU
- Subject: Re: [SG] Vinca Major
- From: M* T*
- Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2000 02:41:31 -0400
Most interesting, Bobbi, had no idea it would survive winter in z
5/6...mild or not. Keep reading how "tender" it is...blather, it
seems!
Most interesting. Since it made it through a mild one, bet it would
make it through one that wasn't milder than normal if mulched...prob.
have to cut it back to mulch it or the leafy stems might rot...or
maybe root:-)
Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
mtalt@clark.net
Editor: Gardening in Shade
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> From: Roberta Diehl <diehlr@INDIANA.EDU>
> Date: Thursday, April 20, 2000 8:22 AM
>
> Marge is writing from zone 7, so I can't resist chiming in on the
> variegated Vinca Major, as it lived over in my zone 5/6 garden this
past
> (very mild) winter, and just yesterday I noticed a lot of it
planted on
> the north side of another house in town that has apparently been
surviving
> for at least a couple of years. The flowers are larger and the
white edges
> on the leaves make for an attractive plant and a nice change from
the
> ubiquitous V. minor.
>
> Bobbi Diehl
> Bloomington, IN
> zone 5/6
