Perennials, Weeds > Vinca > Vinca minor > Vinca minor f. alba
Vinca minor
f. alba
White Periwinkle
| Family |
| Apocynaceae |
| Genus |
| Vinca |
| Species |
| minor |
| Category |
| Perennials, Weeds |
| Forma |
| alba |
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Description and Growing Information
Flowering Period
| General Description |
| Mat-forming creeper found in shady locations, often used as ground cover. Stays a evergreen under snow. Has a habit of growing further than its intended planting bed. |
| Landscape |
| Suitable for underplanting with a variety of both major and minor bulbs. Used for ground cover in moist, shady areas at foundations, planting beds, often seen under woody plants. Attractive spring blossoms. |
| Cultivation |
| Grows best in partial sun to full shade in moist, well-drained soils, and is adaptable to pH and drought. The foliage will become chlorotic in full sun and the plant may fail. |
| Shape |
| Mat-forming groundcover. |
| Growth |
| Fast |
| ID Characteristic |
| White flowers in spring, shiny, elliptical evergreen leaves on trailing stems, rooting at the nodes. Often mistaken for Purple Wintercreeper which do not root nodally. |
| Pests |
| Phomopsis livella (dieback) can become a serious problem. |
| Habitat |
| Wide spreading, evergreen ground cover found in shady areas with moist, well-drained soils. |
| Bark/Stem Description |
| Non-woody stems which are slender (2 mmin diameter), light to dark green, smooth, and somewhat glabrous. |
| Flower/Leaf Bud Description |
| Buds appear in April after developing under the mat of foliage. Purplish, lanceolate buds, 1 cm long, on erect shoots. |
| Leaf Description |
| Elliptical, small (1-5 cm long) light to dark green leaves, in both a spiral and opposite leaf arrangement. |
| Flower Description |
| Solitary, perfect, white flowers originate vertically from leaf axis and bloom from early spring to mid summer. Pinwheel formation, 12 cm in diameter with a five-lobed corolla. |
| Fruit Description |
| Often unnoticed, small follicle of brown fruit with no ornamental value. |
| Colour Description |
| Dark green on upper side of leaves, light green beneath. Clear white flowers. |
| Texture Description |
| Dense branching, soft leaves and a fine texture, comfortable to walk on. |
| Propagation |
| Propagate by rooting semi-ripe stem cuttings in summer or crown division. |
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