I remember the day we were filming "Southern Gardening" as part of my duties with Mississippi State University. Friend and garden designer Lori Hitchcock presented an urn for the front porch of the historical home in Kosciusko, Mississippi. It was all decked out for the holidays with red cyclamen, holly fern and a Wojo’s Jem Vinca, which was a new plant to me. Each plant succeeded with its purpose, and although I had a deep love for cyclamen, the original Christmas plant, it was the Vinca with the funny name that was capturing my interest.
Whether you are thinking about designing mixed containers for the holidays, the winter season ahead or simply looking to add pizzazz to your warm season designer-style AquaPots, you need to remember the name Wojo’s Jem. This is an exceptional variegated gold, cream and green Vinca that gives an incredible performance as a spiller plant.
Wojo’s Jem is a variety of Vinca maculata, or greater periwinkle, which we have previously used as a ground cover. Now, thanks to Wojo’s Jem, we look at Vinca vine as a thriller spiller plant for large mixed containers (it's a spiller so beautiful it’s a thriller!).
