- Eventual Height: 15cm
- Eventual Spread: 50cm
Lesser Periwinkle
Vinca minor Argenteovariegata
- Position: full sun or partial shade
- Soil: any but very dry soil
- Rate of growth: average to fast-growing
- Flowering period: April to September
- Flower colour: light violet-blue
- Hardiness: fully hardy
Delightful light violet-blue flowers and dark green leaves with creamy-white margins. Like all Vinca minor, it flowers over a long period, producing blooms from mid-spring through to autumn. It makes an excellent ground cover, especially in small gardens and is less rampant than Vinca major.
- Garden care: To prevent the plant from becoming invasive cut back any unwanted shoots in spring.
- Goes well with: Choisya ternata, Kerria japonica, Hedera colchica 'Dentata Variegata', Ajuga reptans atropurpurea, Pulmonaria
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