Sunday, January 8, 2012

What is the name of the small green leafed plant at the **bottom** of this photo?

It's not the pink tinted cladiums at the top... I'm looking for the name of the small leafed bushy plant at the bottom of the photo.



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They are often planted around crape myrtles in the South as a low lying bush. Here's another photo from further away (again, I'm talking about the green bush in the lower right corner, not the pink-colored cladiums):



http://www.clemson.edu/scbg/images/plant...

What is the name of the small green leafed plant at the **bottom** of this photo?
Looks like Vinca



http://images.google.com/images?q=vinca+...
Reply:First is definitely vinca vine....great and hardy groundcover....but in the second photo it looks like vinca vine planted on small hills to give it the illusion of heighth...
Reply:It looks to be variegated Hosta
Reply:Undoubtedly, in the first photo that is a Periwinkle vine.



The second photo appears to have a low growing shrub. Periwinkle grows as a groundcover. Of course, it might have grown up and covered a shrub in the second photo. I've not seen Periwinkle do this, but I suppose it's possible.



Periwinkle has a root sysrem like cast iron so wherever you plant it, expect to pretty much leave it there. If the vine starts expanding beyond where you want it, simply pull those wandering bits of vine and set them in the ground elsewhere. It roots easily and grows readily. I love it, can ya' tell?? :)
Reply:Carolina jasmine.
Reply:Go with the vinca minor answer. That one is correct. Other nicknames are periwinkle vine and jasmine, but not Carolina Jessamine (not Jasmine).
Reply:Number 1 and number 5 are both right. It's Vinca Minor in the periwinkle family!!
Reply:It looks like the ground cover Wintercreeper. I live in the south and have used it for erosion control. The second image looks more like a bush. Wintercreeper is more of a vine and is green all year.
Reply:Sure looks like the periwinkle I have in my garden. Gets litlle purple 5 petal flowers and loves shade and good soil. Won't grow and flower unless I fertilize early in spring-then the shoots start going crazy! (We are in zone 7 with poor soil)

Hope it helps-check the garden seller papers like Direct Gardening-they have a web site too and more pictures.
Reply:Coleus


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