Question: I have vinca plants that have become tall and lanky. Can I prune the plants back at this time? Answer: Give the plants a light trimming to stimulate fall growth and flowers. Common flowering ...

Q: I am having a problem with my deep-purple-pink-colored vincas. In May, I planted some white vincas along with the deep-purple-pink variety. Two weeks later, I noticed that the pink ones were drying ...

A few plants need their annual "haircut, so with scissors I shorten the lowly Vinca's long, straight tendrils, which rise above the mother plant to look around, or gently probe the earth in every ...

Popular blooming plants at O'Keefe's Feed and Seed, 900 N. Columbia St. in Covington, Friday, April 2, 2010. (Photo from the NOLA.com|The Times-Picayune archive) QUESTION: The vincas we planted last ...