Vinca - Little Pinkie

$1.89

Plant this Vinca in the spring after the last average frost date. Little Pinkies can be grown as a perennial in frost free winter areas. It readily reseeds itself and is very drought tolerant. It blooms best when other plants are hurting from the heat. The Vinca Little Pinkie is used in containers, ground cover, and borders. Little Pinkie Vinca should be planted in well drained soils and in full sun or very light shade. Little Pinkie Vincas are especially useful for the southern or desert climates or hard to maintain hot spots near a concrete or reflecting wall. The flowers are 1 to 1/2 inch phlox- like pink blooms with a dark center. This plant is also known as devil's eye or sorcerer's violet. The Vinca Little Pinkie, 'Catharanthus roseus', is the perfect plant for that really hot and dry location. This low maintenance plant prefers regular waterings in sunny hot locations. ... additional info

Stock - Twist Place them in a cool spot and they may bloom spring, summer, and fall. If they are planted close to a window or in a window box, you can smell their sweet fragrance. Plant seeds in the spring after the last average frost date or in the fall for zones 9 or warmer. Stock is a cottage gardeners delight as it is one of the few outdoor flowering plants that can be brought indoors to bloom. The flowers appear on spikes of 1/2 inch-1 inch cross-shaped single and double flowers. The Stock Twist, ' Matthiola incana', has a unique color and spicy-sweet fragrance that will delight you outside in the garden or inside as a cut flower.