There are 5-7 slender stemmed, evergreen sub shrubs and deciduous herbaceous perennials, within the Apocynaceae family in this genus. \u00a0They occur naturally in Europe, North Africa, and Russia. \u00a0They are grown for their opposite, simple, lanceolate to egg shaped, \u00bd-3 \u00bd\u201d long, often variegated leaves, and for their showy, long stalked, star like or salverform flowers, each with 5 petal lobes, borne singly in the leaf axils. \u00a0Because they root where ever they touch, they are useful ground covers for a woodland garden, shrub border or shady bank, but may be invasive. \u00a0All parts may cause mild stomach upset if ingested.<\/p>\n
Grow in any but very dry soil, in full sun (for best flowering) or partial shade. \u00a0To restrict growth cut back hard in early spring. \u00a0Divide in fall.<\/p>\n
Prone to leaf hoppers, scale insects, aphids, leaf spot<\/i><\/em>, and \u00a0dieback.<\/i><\/em><\/p>\n \u00a0Vinca<\/strong> difformis <\/b><\/strong>\u2013 This prostrate, evergreen sub shrub from the Western Mediterranean countries of Europe and North Africa, grows 12\u201d tall and has a indefinite spread. \u00a0It produces spearhead shaped, glossy, dark green leaves, to 3\u201d long. \u00a0In late winter and early spring, upright shoots bear pale blue to nearly white flowers, to 1 \u00bd\u201d across.<\/p>\n Zones 8-9<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Vinca \u2013 Perwinkle \u2013 There are 5-7 slender stemmed, evergreen sub shrubs and deciduous herbaceous perennials, within the Apocynaceae family in this genus. \u00a0They occur naturally in Europe, North Africa, and Russia. \u00a0They are grown for their opposite, simple, lanceolate to egg shaped, \u00bd-3 \u00bd\u201d long, often variegated leaves, and for their showy, long stalked, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":29341,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":[],"product_cat":[21,81,41,31,20],"product_tag":[],"common-name":[],"toolset-meta":{"plant-product-fields":{"is-featured-product":{"type":"checkbox","raw":""},"zone":{"type":"checkboxes","raw":"","checked":[],"formatted":""},"scientific-name":{"type":"textfield","raw":""}},"toolset-woocommerce-fields":{"_download_limit":{"type":"numeric","raw":"-1"},"_virtual":{"type":"checkbox","raw":"no"},"_downloadable":{"type":"checkbox","raw":"no"},"_download_expiry":{"type":"numeric","raw":"-1"},"_download_type":{"type":"radio","raw":""},"_regular_price":{"type":"numeric","raw":""},"_sale_price":{"type":"numeric","raw":""},"_sale_price_dates_from":{"type":"date","raw":"","formatted":null},"_sale_price_dates_to":{"type":"date","raw":"","formatted":null},"_sku":{"type":"textfield","raw":"PDE-160251368"},"_manage_stock":{"type":"checkbox","raw":"no"},"_stock_status":{"type":"radio","raw":"instock"},"_stock":{"type":"numeric","raw":null},"_backorders":{"type":"radio","raw":"no"},"_sold_individually":{"type":"checkbox","raw":"no"},"_width":{"type":"numeric","raw":""},"_weight":{"type":"numeric","raw":""},"_length":{"type":"numeric","raw":""},"_purchase_note":{"type":"textarea","raw":""}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/2974"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2974"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29341"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2974"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=2974"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=2974"},{"taxonomy":"common-name","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/common-name?post=2974"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}