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Vinca to spare
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I hope someone out there can help! I have a couple dozen vinca minor gertrude jekyll which are doing very well as ground cover but the bed they're in is going back to being a lawn (eventually) so I need to re-home them.
The only spot I can find is along the top of a wall but I'm concerned that as they put down little roots, they might worm their way into the mortar or little gaps and do long-term damage. I don't want to end up having to re-point the wall!
If I do plant them in this site as ground cover along the top and trailing down the front, does anyone know if their roots will do any kind of damage or if it'll just trail in a friendly, inexpensive way?!
Thanks in advance!
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Hi Tanty. I wouldn't have thought they would cause a problem. Is it an old stone wall? I can understand if you might then be concerned about the mortar. In fact, they might help hold it all together!
I'm sure someone will come along and correct me if they have experience of them being a problem though. Some vincas can get quite rampant, but in a situation like that it probably wouldn't be an issue because they'd be quite dry. I find them better behaved in drier conditions.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
HI Fairygirl, thanks so much for the input
I've moved some so far to some railing planters so they can trail to their heart's content, but I still have around two dozen to think about. Might wait and see how this lot do and then decide, but still happy to hear from anyone! The walls in the garden are the original farm walls, some of them dating back more than a couple hundred years and although repaired and rebuilt in places, I still think it might be vulnerable. It really comes down to how pushy the roots are!
Again, though, ta for your thoughts - much appreciated