| Description | A good ground cover plant for the shaded areas having variegated foliage and blue flowers. |
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| Pronunciation | (VING-ka)(MY-nor) |
| Plant Type | All Plants, Groundcovers and vines |
| Hardiness Zone | 5-8 |
| Sunlight | grows best in part sun, tolerates full if there is ample moisture (Z #5) |
| Moisture | prefers moist, tolerates average, will get crispy in bone dry |
| Soil & Site | prefers rich, moist well drained, grows happily in average |
| Temperature | I have found in very harsh winters (hardiness Z #5) with little snow fall, there can be die back but the plants will quickly recover from the crown in the spring |
| Flowers | small, five petal, solitary 1 inch, pale violet-blue, and funnel shaped flowers occurs in April |
| Leaves | dark green glossy, evergreen, creamy white to white margins |
| Stems | long wiry stems, branches root as they creep out from the central crown |
| Dimensions | about 6 inches high and spreads forever, slower growing than all green Vinca |
| Maintenance | Occasional shearing will help thicken the plant. Weeds should be at a minimum because of the plants thick growth |
| Propagation | cuttings, division |
| Cultivar Origin | Introduced by Dave MacKenzie, Spring Lake, Michigan USA |
| Author's Notes | I have seen fairly large beds of this Vinca and there seems to be less flowers. In moist, good soil this plant can be very aggressive. In poor, dry soils the rate of spread slows down appreciatively. |
| Notes & Reference | #01-Manual of Woody Landscape Plants (Michael Dirr) #68-Groundcovers for the Midwest (Voight, Hamilton,Giles) |
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