Annual vinca can be trailing or upright. Trailing vincas are a great option to spill out of a container or hanging basket. Upright varieties work well in mass plantings, especially in landscapes where ...

They just don’t make them like they used to. New Vinca varieties are lacking one key characteristic from their ancestors. Although, the new varieties still have the hardiness and low water ...

In the Indian Ocean off the coast of southern Africa lies the big island of Madagascar, home to lots of exotic animals and one of my favorite plants: vinca (Catharanthus roseus), a popular annual ...

For a change of pace in this summer`s sunny beds, borders and containers, Vinca rosea, sometimes called Madagascar periwinkle, could prove an attractive alternative to the inevitable petunias, ...

The plants produce 1-to-2-pound fruits with bright orange-, green- and cream-ridged vertical stripes that shift color as they mature. (Bred by Sakata America) Tomato Tonatico F1 (Mountain/Southwest, ...

The National Garden Bureau is celebrating 2002 as "The Year of the Vinca." If you have a sun-baked container where the soil dries out as soon as you turn your back, I'm betting you'll want to keep the ...

Question: I have vinca plants that have become tall and lanky. Can I prune the plants back at this time? Answer: Give the plants a light trimming to stimulate fall growth and flowers. Common flowering ...

Over many decades, we have come to count on colorful, sturdy vinca (Catharanthus roseus) as the workhorse of our summer gardens. With its pretty pink, white and purple blooms clustered en masse on a ...

The great thing about impatiens is their ability to flower prolifically in the shade. But when your container or garden bed bakes in the hot sun, its look-alike vinca is the answer. The flowers and ...

Q. I just planted a flat of vincas in my condo flower bed as I do every year. They really flourish and are good until late October when I pull them up. A few of the white variety seem to come back in ...

Vinca, also known as periwinkle, is one of the most popular annual bedding plants in Louisiana. But vinca had many problems last year because of the extremely wet, cloudy and cool growing conditions ...