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- Wanted poster with tips for small periwinkles
- Key facts about the Little Periwinkle:
- Choose the right location in the garden for the small periwinkle
- Simply multiply the small periwinkle yourself
- Tips
The small periwinkle is a beautiful, easy-care groundcover
Wanted poster with tips for small periwinkles
Although the small periwinkle is poisonous like the large-leaved relatives Vinca major, it offers some advantages as a garden plant. Therefore, the various varieties of Vinca minor in private gardens are also used very often as flowering ground cover.
Key facts about the Little Periwinkle:
Choose the right location in the garden for the small periwinkle
The small periwinkle grows even in relatively shady areas of the garden without problems. The location should not be too dry if possible. It may help to prepare the soil for the planting of this ground cover beforehand. In addition, on usually rather dry slopes, it may make sense to water a small periwinkle plant carpet in periods of extreme dryness.
Simply multiply the small periwinkle yourself
The propagation of the small periwinkle is not very expensive, although this plant rarely forms seeds in Central Europe. You can use the following methods in vegetative propagation:
Tips
If you are a little bit patient and do not need a closed rug from the plants of the small periwinkle right away, then you can simply choose a slightly larger planting distance when planting. Slightly loosen the soil between the plants and fertilize the soil with some compost to facilitate the rooting of lateral offshoots.