Red wrote:
Are you talking about Vinca Minor , Periwinkle, Creeping Myrtle,
Flower-of-Death (Vinca minor)
See this link http://davesgarden.com/pf/go/174/index.html

Should be easy to find in any Home Depot. If you are in San Antonio come by
and I will give you enough to get you started. Grows great in the shade,
deer don't touch it, drought tolerant, spreads easily, only down side is
that there is a little worm that comes around about late July and defoliates
it, that can be controlled with BT but you have to be alert that it will
happen or one morning you will wake up to just vines. Fortunately it is not
fatal as the vine survives and just sets another set of leaves. I have
never had it freeze back here in San Antonio. There is a varigated form
which makes a nice mix with the standard green.


Thanks for the offer and the info. I'm in Austin, and I've tried 3
different Home Depots without any luck - I only asked at one, but guy
didn't know what a Periwinkle was. A small private nursery on north
Lamar in Austin said they carry Periwinkle, but get irregular shipments
from their supplier. I'm a little far from San Antonio, but thanks for
the offer anyway.




"dc" wrote in message
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I want to plant Periwinkle under a tree in my yard. Everything I read
about Periwinkle makes it sound like an ideal ground cover for under trees:
it likes shade and prefers prefers well-watered soil (my tree is young, and
I water it frequently). My problem is, I can't find Periwinkle for sale
around Austin. Does anyone know where to get it?