Not the best choice - junipers really prefer an area that gets full sun.
Much shade and they get a tendency to fungal disease called tip blight,
specially the groundcover forms.They will also be leggy and sparsely
foliaged. Japanese spurge or Pachysandra terminalis is an evergreen
groundcover that does very well in shade. It is taller, denser and faster
growing than the vinca, so will supress weeds better. And it is supposed to
be deer resistant, although deer can eat anything if they are curious or
hungry enough.

pam - gardengal


Hi Pam,

Thanks. We'll take a look at that. What about the grassy area and the
foundation/wall? Will the Pachysandra be a problem with respect to
that?

We had originally considered "crown vetch", but after doing some
searching, we nixed that because it is apparently really invasive (into
the grass), and we did not want that.

Would the Pachysandra be ok?

We're still kind of puzzling over what happened to the Vinca. It was
really doing well for a number of years, then all of a sudden this
spring, "Bam!", it was being overwhelmed.

Thanks,
Jim