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 Vinca major <\/b><\/strong>var. oxyloba \u2013 Vinca major \u2018Darlington Star\u2019 \u2013 Vinca herbacea \u2018Hidcote Purple\u2019 \u2013 Vinca hirsuta of gardens <\/b><\/strong>\u2013 Greater Periwinkle \u2013 Blue buttons<\/b><\/strong>\u2013 This prostrate, evergreen trailing sub shrub vine, from Southern Europe, South France east to the western Balkans, grows 18\u201d tall and has an indefinite spread. \u00a0It produces opposite, heart shaped to pointed ovate, glossy, mid green leaves, to 3 \u00bd\u201d long.\u00a0\u00a0Dark violet-blue flowers, to 2\u201d across, are produced over long periods from midspring to early autumn. \u00a0Useful for window boxes and tall containers.<\/p>\n Zones 7-9<\/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":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":[],"product_cat":[21,55,41,31,20],"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-160251372"},"_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\/2978"}],"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=2978"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2978"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=2978"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=2978"},{"taxonomy":"common-name","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/common-name?post=2978"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}