Cheryl wrote:
> On 9/16/2013 3:57 AM, JBurns wrote:
>
>> Nice picture, however it does not look like phlox to me. It is a
>> vinca.
>>
>> Can be invasive and displace native species.
>
> I wondered about that, too. I have invasive vinca but where they've
> taken over, I'm not too worried about. I only like them in the mid to
> late spring when they bloom. Mine are a blue-purple. I might have to
> kill them off, though, because there's also a lot of poison ivy and
> poison sumac in the same place.
>
I wasn't as wise about vinca at the last house, but having learned my
lesson, I now have it ONLY in a totally contained area next to my
driveway. The funny thing is that when I was a kid, we had an area of
vinca in the yard and it wasn't the least bit invasive, and I am
speaking of the same town.

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Jean B.