Two evergreen plant ground cover vines for the garden are the Asiatic jasmine ( Trachelospermum asiaticum ) and the common periwinkle ( Vinca minor ) . Both grow in suspect locales , but direct sunlight in a damp soil ensures that leaf tightness and flowering possible arehigh . Be careful about the broadcast stems ; trim them back each outpouring to keep the plant in bound wherever in the landscape painting they grow .

Origins

Asiatic jasmine farm in the woodlands of Korea and Japan where winters are not too stale . Vinca minor is native to Europe , southern Russia and the northerly Caucausus . Many decorative salmagundi of each species now exist , selected for their attractive leaf colour or flower .

Description

Asian jasmine is a woody - stem , evergreen climbing vine . Oval , glossy morose green leave line the stems that reach lengths up to 20 fundament . In mid- to late summer , it develops pocket-sized , fragrant blanched flowers that maturate to light icteric . Vinca minor grows long , trailing stem and shoots that remain somewhat soft or semi - woody . Its leaves are orotund than those of the Asiatic jasmine and are a cryptical commons . From recent spring to late autumn or first frost , the rose periwinkle bear showy , five - petaled bloom range in color from blue - violet to sky blue or white .

Winter Hardiness

Plant Asiatic jasmine in mild winter regions , USDA Hardiness Zones 7 through 11 , where winter down in the mouth temperature remain in the range between 0 to 40 degrees Fahrenheit . Asiatic jasmine survives better in protected localisation where wind to not pelt the leaf . Common Catharanthus roseus is the better choice for colder winter regions , Zones 4 though 9 with winter minimum temperatures ranging from -30 to 20 grade F.

Seasonal Interest

While both flora species remain evergreen in the landscape , their unfolding mark their appeal among gardeners . For example , if Asiatic jasmine is trained to grow its stem upright , flowering occurs and create a nice visual and aromatic show . If allowed to stay prostrate and conurbation as a undercoat cover , the jasmine fails to blossom and provides only folio colour or textural beauty . Vinca nestling , while not fragrant , will blossom for months ; the large and highly visible blossoms add much to a garden bed . The longsighted inflorescence time of year is most pronounced when the plants receive plenty of sunlight .

Recommendations

employ Asiatic jasmine primarily as a ground cover in full sunshine to partially shaded locations . In hot summer region more tad is recommended to maintain the best foliage . piss and fertilize it abundantly during fountain and summer but water sparingly over descent and wintertime . Although it can be grown unsloped for blossom , a better pick for such an covering is the refer confederate jasmine ( Trachelospermum jasminoides ) . Vinca modest prospers as a basis cover , too , to the point of growing so well on fertile , damp dirt that it may become invasive . Use it to stabilize hillside in full sun to fond shade . It will be given to hold up and develop in all but the driest and most nutritive - pitiable dirt . It can be troublesome to eradicate once it outgrows its original garden bed .

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