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White Periwinkle

Vinca Minor 'Alba'

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Overview

The White Periwinkle, or Vinca minor 'Alba', is an evergreen ground cover with a trailing habit. It features glossy, dark-green leaves and produces delicate, star-shaped, white flowers in spring. This hardy plant thrives in partial to full shade and adapts to various soil types. Once established, it reaches 4 to 6 inches in height and spreads 18 to 24 inches, offering excellent coverage for borders and underplantings.

Sun Deep Shade, Half, ShadeWater Low, Very LowZones 4–9Climate Temperate
White Periwinkle (Vinca Minor 'Alba') — The White Periwinkle, or Vinca minor 'Alba', is an evergreen ground cover with a trailing habit

Culture

Sun
Deep Shade, Half, Shade
Water
Low, Very Low
USDA zones
4–9

Shape & size

Classification

Family
Apocynaceae
Climate
Temperate

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White Periwinkle (Vinca Minor 'Alba') — ground cover with violet blooms; making it an excellent choice for understory plantings and north-facing gardens
White Periwinkle (Vinca Minor 'Alba') — This hardy plant thrives in partial to full shade and adapts to various soil types; this periwinkle serves, image 53
White Periwinkle (Vinca Minor 'Alba') — It features glossy, dark-green leaves and produces delicate, star-shaped, white flowers in spring; which, image 52
White Periwinkle (Vinca Minor 'Alba') — ground cover for deep shade or half or shade; typically flowering from spring into the fall
White Periwinkle (Vinca Minor 'Alba') — The White Periwinkle, or Vinca minor 'Alba', is an evergreen ground cover with a trailing habit; it reaches, image 51
White Periwinkle (Vinca Minor 'Alba') — it reaches 4 to 6 inches in height and spreads 18 to 24 inches; ground cover for deep shade or half or shade, image 54
White Periwinkle (Vinca Minor 'Alba') — scientifically named Vinca minor 'Alba'; the White Periwinkle thrives in partial to full shade, image 56
White Periwinkle (Vinca Minor 'Alba') — offering excellent coverage for borders and underplantings; is a versatile evergreen ground cover plant, image 55

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