Vinca Care

Much less cold-hardy than common periwinkle, greater periwinkle is only hardy to USDA zone seven.Some Vinca-genus plants contain alkaloids that are used to make chemotherapy agents.

Heatwave Pink is a low-growing plant that will remain small all its life. From white to shocking pink, the varieties range in height from 1 to 1 1/2 feet tall. If you want to fertilize your plant or plants, use a granular or water-soluble fertilizer once...

These heat-tolerant bloomers make good bed partners for taller marigolds and zinnias. Annual vinca grows best in warm weather. Troubleshooting A root rot that causes mature vinca plants to collapse and die suddenly has become common in warm climates in...

Treat the remaining plants with a fungicide; contact your local extension office to determine which fungicide is needed. Do not plant the vinca deeply and space 8 to 12 inches apart to allow for air circulation.

Impatiens and vinca have some similarities and both are available in multiple colors of cultivars, so that one may be mistaken for the other. They are about 1.5 inches long for vinca minor and 3 inches long for vinca major.

Use the fertilizer amount directed on the package for the size of pot you're using.Place your potted vinca outdoors in summer if desired. The plant should receive at least six hours of sun daily during the shorter days of winter.Pinch back the tip of...

It grows as a perennial in U.S. Department of Agriculture plant hardiness zones 10 through 11 but can be treated as a summer annual elsewhere. Light fertilization once a month during the spring and summer growing season helps keep the plants healthy.

Deeply rooted sand dropseed (Sporobolus cryptandrus) produces graceful clumps of fine-textured foliage for natural meadow settings or as ground covering garden accents. Heterolepis grows to 15 inches tall and slightly wider, with pinkish, popcorn-scented...

Remember that periwinkle weed control relies upon complete removal of those roots, which may be several feet into the soil.Make a two-foot trench around the area and loosen the first section of roots.

The stone can be flanked with iris plantings which will bloom when the spring flowers fade away. Some organizations restrict the height of the plants, as well as the use of specific containers to hold arrangements.

Please scroll down to the form below. It was introduced into the southern U.S. by federal and state agencies as an agent for soil improvement/ stabilization and as cover for wildlife.Here I've paired Lespedeza 'Gibraltar' with shades of lavender vinca...

Yellow leaved plants provide real visual impact, but plan carefully, as too many yellow foliage plants in gardens can become overpowering or distracting. This plant is suitable for zones 4 through 8.) is available in a number of varieties ranging from...

Reapply the repellent frequently, especially during the rainy season.Spray wolf, coyote or another predator's urine around the roses to frighten the critters and keep them from visiting your rose garden.Trap small pests, such as rabbits, to rid them from...

Selective breeding gives the home gardener a choice of about 40 species of hardy annuals, perennials, tall snapdragons, dwarf snapdragons and snapdragons that have no snap. Plant a clematis vine in the background for added interest, and a colorful purple...

This plant is mostly grown for uniquely colored foliage that ranges from purple to reddish purple to green/purple depending on the conditions. Persian shield (Strobilanthes dyerianus) has lovely purple foliage that works well.Red is also close to reddish...

This will at least give the illusion of several plants in the area with only one plant being there. The plant has runners much like its garden cousin and is simple to grow. We all have those areas we need to have covered in something, right?

Surround the new plants with black plastic mulch. If the soil has enough moisture for mature creeping myrtle to grow, do not irrigate it frequently. It prefers partial shade, but will grow in full shade and makes a good ground cover beneath shade trees.

I started to notice the garden in front of our building, which used to be so beautiful when I was a kid; now it was so deserted and full of weeds... The others are growing from their roots every spring, as they are perennials : Coreopsis, Fall Aster (Symphyotrichum...

It also shows six more elements (micronutrients) in much smaller amounts. Here's a list of plants I am either familiar with, or sounded like candidates when I looked through my Encyclopedia of Annuals and Perennials.

It was even used in herbal love potions. The custom was to get on bended knee to ask the Elder Mother for her wood and, in exchange, offer your body back to the earth when you pass on.

I guess I'm lucky that none of my thujas are all dry, but only one or two branches. I've spent a lot of time throwing away the dry roots while digging and I enjoyed every minute of it!I must end this here because the garden is calling my name, but I'll...

Ideally, you should not need to irrigate your ground cover once it is established. If anything, it has not spread quickly enough for me! The straight species is reported to be much more aggressive.

It is the conflict, the dance, between the corporeal self, the knowledge that we are going to die, of the sensual, the limitation of the flesh and gravity, and the imaginative soul, the thing that makes us reach to the stars with our minds, that wonders...