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 ...

The simple vinca plant is being celebrated this year. The National Garden Bureau has designated 2002 as the “Year of the Vinca” because the plant provides so much garden color with so little care.

I remember the day we were filming “Southern Gardening” as part of my duties with Mississippi State University. Friend and garden designer Lori Hitchcock presented an urn for the front porch of the ...

No green thumbs are required to grow vinca vine.

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 ...

Q: I planted 24 annual vinca flowers, and the leaves have turned yellow. The flowering is very sparse, if any at all. Do you think they rotted from the rain in early June? Some have more normal color ...

In my recent columns, I described the process of growing and transplanting the hybrid vinca, a colourful flowering plant, more commonly known as hybrid periwinkle and locally known as sadabahar. In ...

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 ...

DEAR NEIL: The flowers on two of my vinca plants are turning mottled green (see photo). These are actually plants from last year that I have kept alive over the winter by moving them into the garage ...