What kind of flower is this?

somegeek · Thu Apr 30, 2009 10:58 pm

[img]https://somegeek.home.comcast.net/somegeek_flower.jpg[/img]

Appreciate any input.

somegeek

vintagejuls · Fri May 01, 2009 2:08 am

Vinca minor... maybe?

somegeek · Fri May 01, 2009 2:22 am

Certainly [url=https://images.google.com/images?hl=en&q=Vinca%20minor&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wi]looks like it[/url]. Especially the images where it covers large areas. This is the same way in my friends yard where I took this from. Thanks.

rainbowgardener · Fri May 01, 2009 7:33 am

It is vinca, sometimes called periwinkle. Watch out for it, it is extremely invasive and aggressive, destroyed a little patch of woods where I used to live.

Handy · Sat May 02, 2009 10:52 am

rainbow gardner has given you great advice. That will spread like widlfire and it's hard to control

Kisal · Sat May 02, 2009 3:21 pm

I planted vinca under a tree, and in 15 years, it never spread beyond the shade the tree produced. It died when I had to have the tree removed. If I had had my wits about me, I'd have potted up a bunch of starts.

somegeek · Sat May 02, 2009 4:32 pm

Thanks for the replies, all! I'm going to put this into the ground but in an area where I won't mind if it'll spread. Could use some ground cover there.

somegeek