Vinca Plants for Sale

Trailing Myrtle is exceptionally vigorous so it quickly covers large areas well

Vinca minor (Periwinkle, Trailing Myrtle) is a very vigorous ground cover for large areas. Prostrate vines root along its stems and form an evergreen ground cover with glossy, deep green leaves and a multitude of lilac blue blooms appearing in April and May. Spreads rapidly in sun or shade, even in poor soils. Excellent for interplanting with spring bulbs.

The best color and most floriferous Vinca yet! Why settle for ordinary Vinca when your garden can look just a little more colorful and beautiful with this exciting variety?

Vinca minor La Grave (Bowles' Variety) boasts flowers larger, of richer color, and borne more profusely than the species. In mid- to late spring your sunny or shady garden will be awash in radiant purple, with glossy evergreen foliage that always looks great!Periwinkle or Trailing Myrtle is a prostrate vine that roots along the stems, forming a dense, evergreen mat that makes the perfect ground cover. Adaptable to sun or shade, it is virtually maintenance-free, and lasts for many years.

La Grave is a splendid variety that looks much showier than the species, especially when interplanted with dusty-rose Atropurpurea! Perfect above spring-blooming bulbs and in areas needing quick coverage, La Grave tolerates poor soils as well as heat, humidity, drought, and cold. Thoroughly reliable and so lovely! Grows 2 to 6 inches high and 2 to 3 feet wide. Best color is in part shade.

The largest white-flowered variety, it's strong and quick to spread! Vary your ground cover with this splendid white-flowered version of reliable, quick-spreading Vinca! Alba is the largest-flowered white I have ever seen, with super vigor and lots of showy spring color!The blooms arise in April and May in most gardens, making a charming companion to spring-blooming bulbs, or thriving in the dusty shade beneath trees and shrubs, where other plants are not happy.

Alba complements every other color in the garden, and the blooms arise profusely on plants just 2 to 6 inches high and 2 to 3 feet wide. Wow!Known for its adaptability and low maintenance, Vinca thrives in heat, humidity, drought, cold, and poor soil. The glossy foliage is evergreen, and the plant spreads by rooting along the stem, quickly forming a dense, glimmering mat! Perfect for naked slopes and freshly-turned soil, it establishes rapidly and looks good year-round.If you like Alba, try a mixed planting with dusty-rose and large-flowered blue Vinca. Best blooming is in partial shade.Space plants 2 to 3 feet apart.

Rosy-red blooms are large and showy against evergreen leaves! A Vinca with a difference! Atropurpurea has the same carefree nature as other Vincas, but just look at the blooms! Large, showy, and beautifully colored a dusty rose, they make a nice change of pace for your ground cover plantings!The blooms arise in mid- to late spring, held up well for maximum showiness.

Atropurpurea is perfect for overplanting the spring-blooming bulb garden, for covering poor soil quickly, or for blanketing the dusty spaces beneath trees and shrubs where few other plants are happy. Atropurpurea spreads about 9 to 12 inches a year - not quite as quickly as the species, but eventually covering quite a lot of ground - and so beautifully!There is really nothing like these rosy-red blooms in the Vinca family. They look splendid with large-flowered blues such as La Grave, as well as the hard-to-find white. And they're lovely enough to grace a container all by themselves, so large and eye-catching are they!Space plants about a foot apart in the garden. Best color is in partial shade.