| Scientific Name: | Vinca minor |
| Common Name: | periwinkle, creeping myrtle |
| Family Name: | Apocynaceae |
| Origin: | Europe |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 4: (-34 to -29 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Ground cover, Invasive plant |
| Mature Size: | 0.1 - 0.2m x > 25m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Spreading |
| Form: | Creeping / Mat-like |
| Texture: | Fine |
| Landscape Uses: | Ground cover, Group or mass planting, Hanging basket, Perennial border, Rock garden, Spring interest |
| Exposure: | Full sun, Filtered shade |
| Soil or Media: | Acidic, Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Opposite, Leathery, Glabrous, Lustrous, Elliptic, Oblong, Ovate, Entire |
| Flowers: | Flowers solitary, White, Blue, Violet, Purple, Mar-Apr |
| Fruit: | Aggregate fruit, Follicle, Green, Brown, May-Jun |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Fast growing evergreen ground cover; stems thin, flexible, will root at nodes, exudes milky sap when broken; leaves opposite, decussate, blades ovate-elliptic, most 2-4cm long x 1-2cm wide, glossy, dark green, petioles 2-3mm long; flowers ~3cm wide, most violet blue, trumpet shaped. | |