On Mon, 16 Sep 2013 17:23:16 -0400, "Jean B." > wrote:

>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.

It can be a great groundcover where nothing else will grow.

JB