Vinca minor 'Ralph Shugert'
Ralph Shugert Periwinkle, Variegated Periwinkle
$13.99 - $35.99 $13.99 - $32.99
- Main interest:
- variegated leaves, blue flower, evergreen, long blooming period, thrives in full shade
- Exposure:
- full sun to full shade
- Soil humidity:
- moist soil; well drained
- Growth type:
- slow running
- Flower colour:
- violet-blue
- Fragrance:
- Non-fragrant
- Flowering period:
- April to August
- Foliage:
- variegated - green / white borders
- USDA Hardiness:
- zone 4a: -34.5 °C (-30 °F) View Zone Map
- Mature height & width:
- height: 4 in (10 cm) width: 2 ft (0.6 m)
- Use:
- groundcover, under planting shrubs and woodland gardens, border edging, banks and slopes, container
An award wining (Plant of Merit, Royal Horticultural Society) Vinca minor 'Ralph Shugert' is an evergreen trailer, with impressive glossy green leaves edged in white. It produces masses of large violet-blue flowers in spring. It thrives in a number of soil and light conditions, and as such is an excellent groundcover for under planting shrubs and woodland gardens; as a border edging; and as a stabilizer on banks and slopes. It attracts butterflies, and is rabbit and deer resistant.
- Main interest:
- variegated leaves, blue flower, evergreen, long blooming period, thrives in full shade
- Exposure:
- full sun to full shade
- Soil humidity:
- moist soil; well drained
- Growth type:
- slow running
- Flower colour:
- violet-blue
- Fragrance:
- Non-fragrant
- Flowering period:
- April to August
- Foliage:
- variegated - green / white borders
- USDA Hardiness:
- zone 4a: -34.5 °C (-30 °F) View Zone Map
- Mature height & width:
- height: 4 in (10 cm) width: 2 ft (0.6 m)
- Use:
- groundcover, under planting shrubs and woodland gardens, border edging, banks and slopes, container
An award wining (Plant of Merit, Royal Horticultural Society) Vinca minor 'Ralph Shugert' is an evergreen trailer, with impressive glossy green leaves edged in white. It produces masses of large violet-blue flowers in spring. It thrives in a number of soil and light conditions, and as such is an excellent groundcover for under planting shrubs and woodland gardens; as a border edging; and as a stabilizer on banks and slopes. It attracts butterflies, and is rabbit and deer resistant.
Also known as: Lesser Periwinkle, Creeping Myrtle, Dwarf Periwinkle, Running Myrtle, Common Periwinkle
