How to plant & care for the evergreen

Choosing the right location for Vinca minor

The ideal location for Vinca minor meets the following criteria:

• sunny to shady (in this respect the periwinkle is relatively undemanding)
• slightly damp
• soil that is not too sandy (as it dries out more easily)

So that newly planted specimens are at the desired Location root weeds should first be removed from the ground as completely as possible. Possible locations in the garden are, for example:

• The edge around the garden pond
• Stone walls
• in shady plant troughs

When planting planters with evergreens, however, you should keep the reduced winter hardiness and the increased watering effort in mind. Use as a border planting of raised beds for growing vegetables is not advisable, as is da Vinca minor Vinca major poisonous is.

Calculate the correct number of plants for a (soon) closed plant carpet

Some gardeners want to be on the safe side when planting ground cover plants and keep them as close as possible

plants. In any case, you can save yourself this trouble with the small periwinkle, as this is anyway very quickly through runners increased. At a Plant spacing from about 25 to 30 cm between the plants there is a requirement of about 5 to 8 plants (depending on the size and number of shoots of the young plants) per square meter of the area to be covered.

Advantages of the ground cover Vinca minor compared to the larger-leaved Vinca major

the Subspecies Vinca minor not only get smaller leaves than Vinca major, they also lag far behind Vinca major in terms of height. In addition, they are a little less overgrown during growth, so that neighboring plants that are weakly growing cannot be overgrown by the evergreen as easily. In locations with very harsh winters, Vinca minor can sometimes hold up better than Vinca major at temperatures of up to - 25 degrees Celsius, since the latter only holds up to around - 15 degrees Celsius hardy is.