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Vinca Minor 'Illumination'

Vinca minor 'Illumination' or Lesser Periwinkle is a versatile low maintenance plant that offers so much. Because of it's trailing habit and low height it makes the perfect ground cover solution. The variegated evergreen foliage will romp over sunny banks or beneath trees in either full sun or shade and will also provide delightful violet-blue periwinkle flowers from late spring to autumn. Vinca minor 'Illumination' will also earn its keep as a year round trailing plant for hanging baskets or containers. Height: 20cm (8) Spread: 50cm (20).
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  • Supplier: Van Meuwen
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Vinca minor ' Illumination' or Lesser Periwinkle is a versatile low maintenance plant that offers so much. Because of it's trailing habit & low height it makes the perfect ground cover solution. The variegated evergreen foliage will romp over sunny banks or beneath trees in either full sun or shade & will also provide delightful violet-blue periwinkle flowers from late spring to autumn. Vinca minor ' Illumination' will also earn its keep as a year round trailing plant for hanging baskets or containers.

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Van Meuwen
If you are looking to redesign your garden then Van Meuwen should be the first stop for you. Since 1973 Van Meuwen have established themselves as a market leader in supplying horticultural products. Through their website you can purchase flower bulbs and plants, fruit trees, vegetable plants, trees, shrubs, ornamentals and fruit plants. They also sell a wide range of gardening tools such as fertilisers, watering and irrigation products, baskets and containers and harvesting equipment. Their online blog also allows you to get great tips and ideas about how to start growing plants and vegetables in your garden. Due to their extensive knowledge of the horticultural industry they are constantly sourcing new products and ideas that you can't get anywhere else.
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