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Plant details
This popular ground cover plant is a smaller version of its vigorous relative, greater periwinkle, its leaves, flowers and growth rate are about two-thirds those of V. major. This restraint makes plants more suitable for smaller beds and borders, and also for planting in containers and baskets. It is equally adept at colonising poor, dry, slightly shaded conditions where the creeping and arching stems soon make an attractive carpet of bright green foliage. The 2.5cm (1in) sky-blue double flowers appear mainly in late spring, against a background of variably marked golden foliage.
Family: Apocynaceae
Genus: Vinca
Species: minor
Cultivar: Aureovariegata
Plant type: Hardy perennial
Flower colour: Blue
Feature: Flowers
Sun exposure: Full sun, Partial shade
Soil: Well-drained/light, Moist
Hardiness: Hardy
Skill level: Beginner
Height: 20cm
Spread: 150cm
Time to divide plants: September to May
Flowering period: May to June
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