species
Vinca minor
Lesser periwinkle
Scale drawing from this record, beside a 1.7 m figure.
Vinca minor belongs to the family Apocynaceae, also known as Lesser periwinkle, introduced before 1500 and long since part of the landscape. It reaches 30 cm tall and 1.5 m across in about 10 years. It grows in part shade, shade or full sun, on loam, clay or chalk soil, where the ground is acid, neutral or alkaline and in well drained or moist conditions, and suits average positions. It flowers from March to May and is evergreen. Its RHS hardiness rating is H7 (very hardy): Below −20°C.
Assembled from the attributes recorded below.
What this plant needs
- Size at maturity
- 30 cm tall × 1.5 m across, after about 10 years
- Hardiness
- H7 (RHS)
- Aspect
- Part shade, Shade, Full sun
- Soil
- Loam, Clay, Chalk
- Acidity
- Acid, Neutral, Alkaline
- Moisture
- Well drained, Moist
- Exposure
- Average
- In the UK
- Archaeophyte (pre-1500)
When it flowers
- Jan
- Feb
- Mar
- Apr
- May
- Jun
- Jul
- Aug
- Sep
- Oct
- Nov
- Dec
Evergreen — it holds its leaves through the winter.
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