Vinca major

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Vinca major leaves and flower


Plant Characteristics
Habit   herbaceous

Height: 1 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 1. to 2 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 2.
Lifespan: perennial
Origin: S Europe, Spain to Caucasus
Cultivation
Exposure: part-sun, shade
Water: moderate
Features: flowers, naturalizes, invasive, ground cover
Sunset Zones: 5-24, 28-31 (warmer 32-33)
Scientific Names

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Read about Vinca major in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Sterile sts. reclining; flowering sts. rather erect: lvs. subcordate-ovate, rather obtuse, ciliate. shining, 2-3 x 1-2 in.: fls. blue; calyx-lobes narrowly linear, ciliate; corolla-lobes obovate, very obtuse. Eu.—This species is larger throughout than V. minor. It is much used, especially the variegated forms, for veranda - boxes and hanging-baskets. Var. elegantissima, Hort., is a showy form with the lvs. margined and blotched with yellowish white. Common form among the florists and easily prop, by cuttings.CH


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Cultivation

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Propagation

Easy to propagate from cuttings.

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Species

There are two subspecies, with geographically separate rangeswp:

  • Vinca major subsp. major. Leaf petioles finely hairy, hairs short. Southern Europe.
  • Vinca major subsp. hirsuta (Boiss.) Stearn (syn. V. pubescens d'Urv.). Leaf petioles densely hairy, hairs longer. Caucasus, northeastern Turkey.

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