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Vinca minor 'Gertrude Jekyll'

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Vinca minor 'Gertrude Jekyll' is a beautiful evergreen groundcover plant admired for its pure white flowers and glossy green foliage. This low growing perennial creates a dense spreading carpet that provides year round interest in New Zealand gardens. During spring and summer, masses of bright white blooms appear above the foliage and bring freshness and elegance to shaded and partially shaded areas. Vinca minor 'Gertrude Jekyll' is easy to grow, low maintenance, and ideal for borders, banks, woodland gardens, and underplanting beneath trees where reliable groundcover and seasonal colour are desired.

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Suited to regions:Subtropical, Temperate
Plant type:Groundcover Plants
Height:10 cm
Spread:1.00 m
Flowering time:Spring
Tolerances:Coastal, Hardy, Shade
Garden uses:Banks, Borders, Containers, Ground covering, Living areas, Paths & Steps, Patios, Ponds, Pool areas
Garden styles:Backyard, City & Courtyard, Coastal, Frontyard, Japanese, Modern, White
Easy to grow?Yes
Maintenance requirementsLow
Growth rateMedium
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Sku15128

How to grow Vinca minor 'Gertrude Jekyll' in NZ

Vinca minor 'Gertrude Jekyll' grows best in partial shade or full shade with moist well drained soil. It also tolerates sunny positions provided adequate moisture is available during warmer months. Water regularly while the plant establishes to encourage spreading growth and healthy foliage. Applying mulch around the planting area helps conserve moisture and suppress weeds. This hardy evergreen groundcover adapts well to a wide range of New Zealand conditions and spreads steadily through trailing stems. It is ideal for stabilising banks, covering bare ground, and softening shaded garden spaces.

Vinca minor 'Gertrude Jekyll' care tips

Vinca minor 'Gertrude Jekyll' is a very low maintenance plant once established. Water during extended dry periods, especially while plants are becoming established. Mulching around the root zone helps maintain soil moisture and improve growing conditions. Light trimming can be carried out after flowering to tidy the plant and control spreading growth if required. Feeding with a balanced fertiliser during spring may encourage stronger foliage and flowering performance. This hardy groundcover is generally resistant to pests and diseases and performs reliably in both shaded and partially sunny garden areas.

Vinca minor 'Gertrude Jekyll' size, spacing, and growth rate

Vinca minor 'Gertrude Jekyll' typically grows to around 10 to 15 centimetres tall while spreading up to 1 metre or more over time. Growth is moderate to fast under favourable conditions with adequate moisture and shade. Plants should generally be spaced around 30 to 50 centimetres apart to achieve dense ground coverage more quickly. This evergreen perennial spreads through trailing stems that root as they grow, forming an attractive carpet of glossy foliage. Its compact low growing habit makes it ideal for edging, underplanting, and erosion control planting.

Landscaping uses for Vinca minor 'Gertrude Jekyll'

Vinca minor 'Gertrude Jekyll' is widely used in landscaping as a reliable evergreen groundcover for shaded gardens, woodland planting, banks, and borders. The bright white flowers provide contrast against the glossy green foliage and help brighten darker garden spaces during the flowering season. This plant is excellent for suppressing weeds and stabilising slopes where low maintenance coverage is required. Vinca minor 'Gertrude Jekyll' combines beautifully with ferns, hostas, and other shade loving plants to create textured and elegant landscape displays throughout New Zealand gardens.

Why buy Vinca minor 'Gertrude Jekyll' from The Plant Company?

The Plant Company supplies premium quality Vinca minor 'Gertrude Jekyll' plants that are carefully grown for strong establishment and reliable performance in New Zealand gardens. Our knowledgeable team provides expert advice to help customers select the best groundcover plants for their landscaping projects and shaded garden spaces. We are committed to offering healthy and vigorous plants that provide long lasting beauty and practical garden value. As NZ’s most trusted plant nursery, The Plant Company delivers excellent customer service, quality plants, and reliable nationwide delivery that makes buying plants online easy and convenient.

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5 from 5 customers
Roger Long - Canterbury

Beautiful plants, great communication, far better pricing than anyone else online, and fast delivery - what else could we need? My wife and I love dealing with you guys and appreciate all your efforts. Businesses that are passionate and care about their customers are hard to come by these days.

Amanda Crosby - Bay of Plenty
Nichole Phelan - Auckland

This is a great hardy groundcover with a lovely trailing habit which is good for garden boxes

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