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 ...

While vines and ground cover are not exactly trees, when you get down to the nitty-gritty of the definition of arboriculture and what arborists such as myself are supposed to study, woody stemmed ...

Variegated vinca goes by many names. It’s a variegated form of Vinca major, also known as greater periwinkle. It’s also known as bigleaf periwinkle (Vinca major ‘Variegata’), and the “variegated” part ...

Q Can you recommend any ground covers that I might grow in combination with existing Vinca minor. This is for a large bed, most of it in shade. A Because vinca vines cover the ground, you should ...

There’s a spot at The Farm where Vinca minor has been growing happily for at least 14 years, nestled in dappled light in the shade of some trees. I’ve watched it grow, walked over it and wondered why ...