Q. I just planted a flat of vincas in my condo flower bed as I do every year. They really flourish and are good until late October when I pull them up. A few of the white variety seem to come back in ...

Q: For the past two years I’ve been unable to grow vincas. I have replanted twice each year. I’ve used fresh potting soil and the plants still died. Can you help me? A: Odds are about 100 percent that ...

Q: All of these vincas were bought at the same time, planted in the same potting soil and cared for in the same way. One of them now is wilting and showing steady decline. What can I do to turn it ...

Dear Neil: For the past two years I’ve been unable to grow vincas. I have replanted twice each year. I’ve used fresh potting soil and the plants still died. Can you help me? A: Odds are about 100 ...

Vinca, also known as periwinkle, is one of the most popular annual bedding plants in Louisiana. But vinca had many problems last year because of the extremely wet, cloudy and cool growing conditions ...

Even in the hottest driest weather that San Antonio has to offer there are three tough bloomers that will provide color in full sun. Consider sunflowers, cosmos and vincas. There are several types of ...

A recent Habitat story highlighting how well vincas grow in the summer heat was no surprise to Elaine and Richard Nyersh, who mass-plant vincas in their Stirling garden. Deryn Thorpe paid them a visit ...

Q. I have bad experiences with my vincas growing beautifully, then dying when it rains too much. Are narrow-leafed zinnias a good substitute? A. Vincas can be prone to fatal water-promoted fungal ...