Vinca: terror or pleasure?

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• TheGreenMan Posts: 1,957

  March 2022

  Thank you, everyone.  I think I'm gonna remove it from the bed and put it in a contained bed near to the decking.  I don't want it swallowing up my ferns
  

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• B3 Posts: 27,505

  March 2022

  The variegated one is very well behaved. The other is a pain.

  In London. Keen but lazy.

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• philippasmith2 Posts: 3,742

  March 2022

  Agree with @B3 the variegated minor will spread but at nothing like the rate of the green.

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• Uff Posts: 3,199

  March 2022

  Eee that things we do for other folks  Just been outside to photograph this that I planted about 4 days ago. I had some variegated vinca in a pot so transplanted some into this terracotta drain pipe. Looks a bit skimpy now but in a week or two it will be nice. Again I will watch it like a hawk. 
  
  
  
  
  

  SW SCOTLAND but born in Derbyshire

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• TheGreenMan Posts: 1,957

  March 2022

  Thanks @Uff
  
  I removed mine and put them in some 2 litre pots til I have time to plant them in the restricted bed. 

  
  

  I shall also watch it 👀

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• Uff Posts: 3,199

  March 2022

  Does anyone have any vinca oxyloba Darlington Star. I've tracked some down to 2 nurseries but the delivery cost is a bit OTT. Bearing in mind how fast it grows I'd expect a bucketful for £20.

  SW SCOTLAND but born in Derbyshire

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• JennyJ Posts: 10,576

  March 2022

  It's those long bits that are making a bid for freedom that you need to watch, @Uff .

  I haven't seen the Darlington Star one before. Very pretty, I'll keep an eye open for that.
  

  
  

  Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
  

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• Uff Posts: 3,199

  March 2022

  Och aye JennyJ, they'll be getting the snip before they are too much longer. 

  SW SCOTLAND but born in Derbyshire

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