VINCA (ALSO CALLED PERIWINKLE) IS ONE OF THE ULTIMATE LOW MAINTENANCE, DEER RESISTANT PLANTS THAT BLOOMS NON-STOP ALL SUMMER LONG AND GROWS EASILY FROM SEED. CAN BE SOWN INDOORS IN WINTER TO BE TRANSPLANTED OUTDOORS IN SPRING. OR, CAN BE SOWN DIRECTLY INTO THE GROUND IN SPRING AFTER WINTER'S LAST FROST. THIS BEAUTY OFFERS MAXIMUM COLOR AND COVERAGE WITH MINIMAL EFFORT. IT THRIVES IN FULL SUNSHINE/PARTIAL SHADE, DESPITE UNSEASONABLE HIGH TEMPERATURES, PUNISHING HUMIDITY OR FREQUENT LATE AFTERNOON RAIN. IT HAS TRANSFORMED THE WAY GROUND COVERS GROW IN HOT HUMID CLIMATES, GROWING EVEN IN POOR SOILS! IT IS KNOW FOR ITS DISEASE RESISTANCE, HEAVY FLOWERING AND LUSH FOLIAGE....PLUS LARGE BLOOMS THAT RESIST FADING AND SEEM TO LAST FOREVER. WILL BLOOM CLEAR UP 'TIL FROST SEASON. FILL YOUR FLOWER POTS, HANGING BASKETS AND AND WINDOW BOXES WITH THIS CAREFREE ANNUAL....OR GROW IN MASS AS FLOWERING GROUND COVER. GROWS JUST 8 - 10 INCHES HIGH, BUT WILL SPREAD 32-36 INCHES WIDE, WITH FLOWERS EVERY INCH OF THE WAY MAKING IT A WONDERFUL GROUND COVER PLANT. THE BLOOMS ARE VERY UNEVENLY DISTRIBUTED, ELIMINATING THE "BALD SPOTS" THAT PLAGUE OTHER VARIETIES OF GROUND COVERS.