General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Partial or Dappled Shade
Partial Shade to Full Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Dry Mesic
Dry
Soil pH Preferences: Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Slightly alkaline (7.4 – 7.8)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 4a -34.4 °C (-30 °F) to -31.7 °C (-25 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 8b
Plant Height: 4 to 6 inches
Plant Spread: 12 to 18 inches
Leaves: Evergreen
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: White
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Flower Time: Spring
Late spring or early summer
Summer
Late summer or early fall
Uses: Erosion control
Groundcover
Will Naturalize
Resistances: Deer Resistant
Rabbit Resistant
Tolerates foot traffic
Drought tolerant
Pollinators: Bees

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Common names
  • Common Periwinkle
  • Creeping Myrtle
  • Flower-of-Death

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photo by: Dominicus Johannes Bergsma
Location: Fairfax, VA
Location: Riverview, Robson, B.C.
Date: 2008-05-05
  1:03 pm. The leaves are always fresh and green.

photo by: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz
Location: Zone 6b. 
Date: 2023-04-21
Location: Utrecht Botanical Garden
Date: 2012-04-18

Credit florum
Location: Victoria, BC
Date: 2019-04-05
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