Q. I just planted a flat of vincas in my condo flower bed as I do every year. They really flourish and are good until late October when I pull them up. A few of the white variety seem to come back in ...

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.

Ground covers are usually described as low-growing evergreen plants that form a tight mat. The problem with this narrow description is that there are few applications for this type of covering in ...

Container gardening has become so much more chic than red geraniums, vinca vines trailing over the edge, and a green spike in the middle for height. In addition to the scads of new annual flowers ...

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 ...

Have you noticed some of the spectacular blue and white flowers this summer? Among the ones that have attracted my attention are the white Cora vinca flowers. They are a summer annual, so they will ...

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 ...

The petunias are pooped, and even the boxwood seems bushed. With an unrelenting run of days topping 90 degrees, many outdoor plants are losing their luster. Brown is the new green. But don’t let that ...