Description:
A Vinca with a difference. 'Atropurpurea' has the same carefree nature as other Vincas, but just look at the blooms. Large, showy, and beautifully colored a dusty rose, they make a nice change of pace for your ground cover plantings. The blooms arise in mid- to late spring, and held up well for maximum showiness. 'Atropurpurea' is perfect for overplanting the spring-blooming bulb garden, for covering poor soil quickly, or for blanketing the dusty spaces beneath trees and shrubs where few other plants are happy. Spreads about 9 to 12 in. a year -- not quite as quickly as the species, but eventually covering quite a lot of ground -- and so beautifully. Zones 4-9.