Vinca minor, aka "myrtle," is an evergreen groundcover well suited for underplanting with both spring and fall blooming bulbs like this colchicum, which is flowering now. Dig a hole with a bulb ...

There’s a spot at The Farm where Vinca minor has been growing happily for at least 14 years, nestled in dappled light in the shade of some trees. I’ve watched it grow, walked over it and wondered why ...

There's a spot at the Farm where Vinca minor has been growing happily for at least 14 years, nestled in dappled light in the shade of some trees. I've watched it grow, walked over it and wondered why ...

Yard with plant trimmings laying around and a grey, canvas bin full of yard clippings. - Milorad Kravic/Getty Images Ground covers are great for quelling erosion or as a substitute for turf. They ...

Her painter’s eye taught her that white flowers shine in shade, but tend to fade and disappoint in brighter light. The white vinca named after her is a wonderful form of lesser periwinkle, Vinca minor ...

Q: I have some beds where the periwinkle has grown and is sending runners out of the bed, and other spaces that could really benefit from such an attractive ground cover. My thought was to cut off the ...

Q. I just planted a flat of vincas in my condo flower bed as I do every year. They really flourish and are good until late October when I pull them up. A few of the white variety seem to come back in ...

Linguam Latinam non loquor - I don't speak Latin. Some botanical names don't trip lightly off my tongue. I'll sound out the words phonetically, but it's easy to stumble over pronunciations. The words ...

Vinpocetine, first discovered in the 1960s, is produced in the lab by chemically altering vincamine, a compound from the Vinca minor periwinkle plant. In some countries, such as Germany, it’s ...