Homebase in association with crocus

Periwinkle

Vinca minor Illumination

• Position: full sun or partial shade
• Soil: any but very dry soil
• Rate of growth: average
• Flowering period: April to September
• Flower colour: mid-blue
• Hardiness: fully hardy

  
  Marvellous, mid-blue flowers from April to September and glossy, golden leaves with dark-green margins. This striking, variegated, evergreen plant is excellent groundcover for a small, sunny border. Probably the best new plant introduced in 2001, the trailing stems are ideal for softening hard landscaping or for spilling over the edges of a hanging basket.

• 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 officinalis 'Sissinghurst White', Galanthus nivalis

  < Previous Plant Next Plant >