Do all vinca vines get little purple flowers on them?

Question

Do all vinca vines get little purple flowers on them?

Answer 1

no you can get a white variety, vinca minor alba

Answer 2

no mine doesn't flower at all.

Answer 3

No. For the low growing, ground cover types that "vine," you are probably thinking of Vinca major (greater periwinkle) and Vinca minor (dwarf periwinkle).

Vinca major is taller and Vinca minor is smaller growing. They are very similar and Vinca major has larger leaves, grows taller and has larger flowers.

There are many varieties available for each species. Flower colors range and you can find white, blue, light blue, violet blue, purple and rosy purple. So basically white and shades of purple and blue.

The foliage is green but there are variegated forms too. Variegation can be white/cream and white or gold and green. There are a few that are all gold.

Here are some samples:

Vinca minor 'Alba' http://www.waysidegardens.com/webapp/wcs...

Vinca minor 'Ralph Shugert' http://www.comnur.com/vinca.htm

Vinca minor 'Atropurpurea'  http://www.paghat.com/vincaatropurpurea....

Vinca major  http://tncweeds.ucdavis.edu/esadocs/vinc...

Vinca major 'Maculata'  http://www.paghat.com/vincamaculata.html

Vinca major 'Wojo's Gem'  http://www.mobot.org/gardeninghelp/plant...

Answer 4

Hi:

There are many different varieties of Vinca. Here are a few:

Pacifica - this is a larger  Vinca flower - with many different colors available.

Sunstorm also has a variety of colors.

First Kiss has a lot also.

Some of the colors are apricot, peppermint, blue, red, rosy pink, lavender, deep rich purple, coral, and white. These are all made available today by many different growers. I will link you to the gallery of plants section of my website,  as there is a page on annuals with a photo of Vinca in different colors. I hope this helps some and have a great day!

Kimberly

http://www.landscape-solutions-for-you.c...