Vinca Major - Big Leaf Periwinkle – perfect solution for those hard to grow areas in the landscape, retaining wall areas, hillsides, drainage ditches, or just an inhospitable spot in your yard that has been hard to grow other groundcovers. Vinca major is a fast growing perennial groundcover with large evergreen foliage (2-3 inches long) and large pretty blue-lilac flowers (2 inches across). Grows to 12 inches in height but soon falls over to spread where it roots at the leaf nodes as it covers the ground with its shiny dark emerald green foliage. Vinca major or Big periwinkle will flower profusely in the spring with a big show and then sporadically throughout the summer. Note: Because of its larger leaves vinca major will cover the area planted faster than most any other ground cover.
Culture
Ease to plant and easy to grow. Big periwinkle thrives in almost any soil, quickly forming a medium textured evergreen groundcover. Spaced on 18" centers, big periwinkle should provide completed coverage in one year unless the site is very dry.
Light: Full sun to partial shade. Sunnier positions result in more flowers and shadier positions result in more ground covering foliage.
Moisture: Big periwinkle tolerates dry soils but grows best in rich, moist soils. In full sun or in very loose soils it will need more frequent watering.
Hardiness: USDA Zones 5 - 9.
Plant spacing's for bare root: 18 inches apart. 150 plants will cover 225 square feet.
For larger landscape jobs, plant bare root plants and save money. Bare root plants are professionally packaged with just the right amount of moisture to insure fresh delivery.
Order in multiples of 50 or 150 plants per order.
Cover 150 Square feet of space for less than 60 cents a square foot.
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