Common, but lovely nonetheless

Common vinca showing royal purple hues

Great ground cover . Vinca is one the easiest plants in my garden and behaves well
Drought and heat tolerant.
Beautiful picture showing all the pretty lil blue flowers . 🤩

Beautiful banner Elizabeth!

I love that shade of blue. Beautiful banner, Elizabeth!

That's a beautiful looking vinca. It is a family favorite our pink vinca reseeds every year. I have given away so many vincas to neighbors and friends.

Beautiful banner and this color is not common here yet.

arctangent said: Common, but lovely nonetheless

Common vinca showing royal purple hues

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@GigiPlumeria wrote "this color is not common here yet", and mentioned her pink vinca. Oddly, the blue/purple color of vinca in the banner is, by a large margin, the most common color locally, and pink vinca is the exception. In fact, it has only been in recent years that I even became aware there were different colors of vinca. There's probably a reason for the different local preferences in color, but I don't have a clue what it is. Go figure!

I do agree with all the comments about the virtues of this plant as a reliable ground cover. I used to grow it around the base of a Norway maple, where grass refused to grow, what with the tree's deep shade, and it's water-hogging shallow roots.

arctangent said: @GigiPlumeria wrote "this color is not common here yet", and mentioned her pink vinca. Oddly, the blue/purple color of vinca in the banner is, by a large margin, the most common color locally, and pink vinca is the exception. In fact, it has only been in recent years that I even became aware there were different colors of vinca. There's probably a reason for the different local preferences in color, but I don't have a clue what it is. Go figure!

I do agree with all the comments about the virtues of this plant as a reliable ground cover. I used to grow it around the base of a Norway maple, where grass refused to grow, what with the tree's deep shade, and it's water-hogging shallow roots.

Oh wow! Here Pink Vinca is everywhere And they are the most resilient. I had purchased different colors and they are pretty for one season and they don't come back. My friend who is a GM of a restaurant chain was so impressed of my pink vinca being dry tolerant that she had asked me for seedlings and they are doing great on her store.

I have not seen blue or purple here. I've had maroon, peach and white but they all died and did not re-seed.

This is really eye-opening, @GigiPlumeria. It must be that different varieties of vinca are hardy in different climate zones. Up here the blue kind is unstoppable, and most definitely perennial.