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  • Allegheny Spurge
  • Barren Strawberry
  • Barrenwort
  • Bugleweed
  • Canadian Wild Ginger
  • Candytuft
  • Carpathian Bellflower
  • Catmint
  • Coral Bells
  • Creeping Lily Turf
  • Creeping Speedwell
  • Creeping Thyme
  • Cushion Spurge
  • Daylily
  • Dwarf Plumbago
  • English Ivy
  • European Ginger
  • Foamflower
  • Fragrant Sumac
  • Golden Creeping Charlie
  • Hakone Grass
  • Herman’s Pride Dead Nettle
  • Japanese Spurge
  • Johnson’s Blue Geranium
  • Juniper
  • Lady’s Mantle
  • Lamb’s Ear
  • Lily of the Valley
  • Lungwort
  • Periwinkle, Myrtle
  • Plantain Lily
  • Red Dragon Persicaria
  • Scotch Moss
  • Sedum
  • Soapwort
  • Sweet Woodruff
  • Tiny Rubies Carnation
  • Variegated Goutweed
  • Violet
  • White Nancy Spotted Dead Nettle
  • ‘Rozanne’ Geranium

Periwinkle, Myrtle

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Vinca minor

Trailing groundcover with shiny evergreen foliage. For sun to dense shade. Blue flowers in early spring. 'Dart's Blue' tends to be more resistant to black stem rot than the species. Space 10–12 inches apart. Perennial. Hardy in Zone 4.

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