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Gardening => Mystery Plants => Topic started by: Triss on May 11, 2010, 09:23:30 PM

Title: Creeping vine of some kind [Solved] Vinca Major Variegata
Post by: Triss on May 11, 2010, 09:23:30 PM: What am I? I sure hope I have pretty flowers. I am down low at the base of a tree and am about 3 feet across and about a foot tall.

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Title: Re: Creeping vine of some kind
Post by: bayou girl on May 11, 2010, 09:56:57 PM: a variety of vinca. i believe. can't remember exactly but it is sold in hanging baskets here.
Title: Re: Creeping vine of some kind
Post by: Triss on May 11, 2010, 10:00:14 PM: Oh gosh, I hope so... very pretty little flowers.
Title: Re: Creeping vine of some kind
Post by: sunsoaker on May 11, 2010, 10:06:13 PM: I thought it looked like something I've seen in hanging baskets....
Title: Re: Creeping vine of some kind
Post by: Tina on May 11, 2010, 10:21:38 PM: They can get out of hand. So keep your shears handy.
Title: Re: Creeping vine of some kind
Post by: Jessica on May 11, 2010, 10:23:10 PM: Yes, looks like vinca to me. We plant it in hanging baskets and containers.
Title: Re: Creeping vine of some kind
Post by: Penny on May 12, 2010, 06:09:16 AM: Can be a nice plant, just keep them trimmed back.
Title: Re: Creeping vine of some kind
Post by: Wrennie on May 12, 2010, 07:54:23 AM: Vinca Major Variegata.
Sold here as an annual, used alot in pots, window boxes and hanging planters for a cascader. (is that a word?)
Title: Re: Creeping vine of some kind [Solved] Vinca Major Variegata
Post by: Triss on May 12, 2010, 10:56:57 AM: Thank you all. Fortunately they are in a spot where I do not mind them taking over so that is good! They are both under the pair of locust trees that are right next to where I park my car.