Here is what three Quad-City area gardeners had to say about vinca as a good ground cover. - "My yard has a tall and steep sloping bank, which has been a problem for years," Mary Bertrand of Clinton, ...

Over many decades, we have come to count on colorful, sturdy vinca (Catharanthus roseus) as the workhorse of our summer gardens. With its pretty pink, white and purple blooms clustered en masse on a ...

Q: I planted 24 annual vinca flowers, and the leaves have turned yellow. The flowering is very sparse, if any at all. Do you think they rotted from the rain in early June? Some have more normal color ...

Vinca major. Both this and its smaller "sister," Vinca minor can become aggressive, although it is technically not designated an invasive species. This is bigleaf periwinkle. Magnoliopsida > ...

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 ...

Each year, the National Garden Bureau selects a flower to promote, and this year the annual garden flower known as vinca is the star of the show! Vinca is a popular annual bedding plant in the Midwest ...