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How do you trim down creeping vinca easily?

18 years ago

I have a lot of vinca doing exactly what I wanted it to do... covering the ground around more upstanding perennial plantings. I love it. It's so pretty even when we have a "brown" winter.

BUT... many of the shoots have gotten very long over the passing years and I'm smart enough to know it would benefit from a shearing; there will be more flowers in spring!

QUESTION: how do you guys go about accomplishing that feat? there has to be a reasonably simple solution, and a quick "search" didn't really bring up much. Weed wacker? or am I doomed to using the manual hedge trimmers (please no)?

Comments (3)

waplummer
18 years ago
I've used sheep shears, but I only have to contend with it growing over my front walk.
chelone
Original Author
18 years ago
I was afraid you'd say something like that! ;) Oh well, I'll survive or enlist the helpmeet to fire up the weedwacker and cut the stuff off at the knees, as it were...

Thanks!
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xanadu
18 years ago
We mow ours, but then we don't have other things planted in it.

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