Each year, the National Garden Bureau selects a flower to promote, and this year the annual garden flower known as vinca is the star of the show! Vinca is a popular annual bedding plant in the Midwest ...

Over many decades, we have come to count on colorful, sturdy vinca (Catharanthus roseus) as the workhorse of our summer gardens. With its pretty pink, white and purple blooms clustered en masse on a ...

: I am hoping you can shed some light on our problem with vinca. We are growing it in containers. This is the first year we have had problems with it. A: Vinca minor is a good evergreen groundcover in ...

Growing vinca from seed is one of those activities that appeal to curious and/or enthusiastic gardeners. It is not a difficult task; it simply takes more time and effort than buying plants at the ...

HOT ROSE -- Vinca Mediterranean Hot Rose has a low-growing, spreading growth habit that makes it ideal for hanging baskets or a colorful ground cover. (Photo by MSU Extension Service/Gary Bachman) ...

Q. I just planted a flat of vincas in my condo flower bed as I do every year. They really flourish and are good until late October when I pull them up. A few of the white variety seem to come back in ...

(Bred by Garden Genetics and Seeds by Design) Cauliflower Murasaki Fioretto 70 F1 (National Winner) Murasaki translates to “purple” in Japanese. So, yes, this long-stemmed cauliflower has bright ...

Q: I have a large bed of annual vinca where more than half of the plants have died. Our helpful county extension service agents identified the problem as Phytophthora aerial stem blight. A vine has ...

With the chance of any more spring freezes getting lower by the day, the typical home gardener is out looking for plants for when the summer temperatures start to rise. Annual flowering vinca is one ...

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 ...

The newness of spring means different things to different gardeners. Getting to introduce the newest flower and vegetable varieties that grow well in Kansas’ climate zones is especially exciting for ...