| Habit | herbaceous
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| 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 |
| Exposure: | ☼ | part-sun, shade |
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| Water: | ◍ | moderate |
| Features: | ✓ | flowers, naturalizes, invasive, ground cover |
| Sunset Zones: | 5-24, 28-31 (warmer 32-33) |
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Read about Vinca major in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
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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.
Pests and diseases
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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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References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
External links
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