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["Bob Kelly" <bkelly66@bellsouth.net>]

My concern was that it appears to be potentially invasive.  I stuck out a 3 
or 4 inch sprig from a Tennessee mountainside a few years back.  It appears 
to be spreading steadly  to several square yards over several years.  It is 
compact and neat looking--much better than Vinca Major.  Took me several 
years to get rid of a patch of variagated Vunca Major.  I am in zone 8a - 
7b.  Where is OZ, anyway?

Bob Kelly

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "ADAMSON, Karl" <Karl.Adamson@apvma.gov.au>
To: <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Monday, May 11, 2009 5:59 PM
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] vinca minor [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]


> I agree with this assessment but with another couple of caveats,
> In Oz, Vinca is a pest. Thankfully it does not set seed here so it can
> be fairly easily contained to infested areas.  But it is extremely hard
> to eradicate, it laughs at glyphosate.  The variegated variety is a lot
> less aggressive than fully green one. But user beware!
>
> Murph wrote:
> Excellent choice.
> Thrives on neglect, no bugs, purple flowers, mostly evergreen.
>
> AND... inexpensive !
>
> Look to mail order for this stuff. Bare root.
> I have to laugh at the 6-packs of Periwinkle for $8.00 at the store.
>
> Miller's sells it, and good old (horrible)
> www.directgardening.com<http://www.directgardening.com/> (Plantron)
> does, too.
>
> I've seen 500 plants for $120.00 in that neighborhood.
>
> Murph
>
> It's not something I'd like to walk on regularly, though.
> You might trip.
> M
>
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