Periwinkle
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Periwinkle (Vinca) - Perennial trailers, hardy and vigorous anywhere. The well-known V. major (common Periwinkle) is useful for banks or masses of rootwork, and also for rocky places or by wood walks.
Periwinkle (Creeping Myrtle)
Vinca minor
Periwinkle is a garden plant that escapes from cultivation. In this country, it apparently does not spread by seed -- only by expanding the size of its patch by its creeping stems.
Periwinkle
Characteristics
Trailing plant seen in shady hedges and walls with bright violet to purple flowers.
Periwinkle
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Periwinkle is native to Europe and Asia Minor and has been cultivated since ancient times. In some parts of the country, it has escaped cultivation with one Michigan nurseryman calling it the "kudzu of the north.
Index- plants in this Family
Apocynaceae / Dogbane Periwinkle (Vinca minor)
Periwinkle is also known as Myrtle and Common Periwinkle. ...
Periwinkle
Prepared by Marjan Kluepfel, HGIC Information Specialist, and Bob Polomski, Extension Consumer Horticulturist, Clemson University. (New 06/99. Images added 04/07.)
HGIC 1112 ...
Common Periwinkle
Creeping evergreen ground cover, forming a dense tangled mat of long stems and elliptical leaves, rooting at intervals. Pale blue to purple flowers in spring. An aggressive grower, can be invasive.
Growing periwinkle plant in a sunny spot outdoors for the summer will give it more blooming power.
Buying Tip: ...
Vinca or Periwinkle is a prolific heat and drought tolerant annual, perfect for hot, dry areas. It's easy to grow, and requires little or no attention. A grower once reported that he has grown Vinca in the same location for 30 years.
The common periwinkle, Vinca minor, is a vining groundcover, & moderately invasive. But we had some that went beyond moderation.
Madagascar Periwinkle, Annual Vinca
One of the most reliable, non-stop blooming plants for the hot sun, it produces Phlox-like flowers in many shades and combinations of pink, mauve, white, red and rose.
The Madagscar periwinkle shows how important it is to preserve areas of rich biodiversity, for there may be other 'miracle drugs' contained in plants just waiting to be discovered.
Genus Vinca (Periwinkle)
Vinca minor Photo/Illustration: Mark Kane
VIN-kah Common Name: Periwinkle ...
( Atropurpurea Common Periwinkle )
'Atropurpurea' bears large deep plum-purple flowers. This cultivar was first recorded in 1826. Trailing evergreen plant with oblong, shiny dark green leaves to 2 inches, sometimes having variegated foilage.
Periwinkle
Vinca species
Trees and Shrubs, Plants of Home and Garden ...
periwinkle Apocynaceae Vinca minor L. symbol: VIMI2
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Periwinkle and candytuft bloom with the tulips, while the irises, daylilies and other perennials are breaking through the soil in early spring.
Periwinkle, Vinca minor, Perennial Groundcover for Shady Gardens
Periwinkle loves the shade, forms a thick mat, and bears blue flowers in spring. Learn more about this perennial evergreen groundcover for woodland gardens.
Periwinkle, Madagascar, Catharanthus roseus
Persian shield, Strobilanthes dyerianus
Petunia, Petunia x hybrida ...
aka Periwinkle
widely used in landscapes throughout US
can spread aggressively, overtaking smaller plants ...
Pink periwinkle (Catharanthus roseus) is most commonly associated with coastal habitats (e.g. cliff faces, rocky ocean ledges and sand dunes) and other sites with sandy soils, ...
Common periwinkle (Vinca minor) is similar but has smaller leaves that are less than 2 in (5 cm) long and smaller flowers that are 1 in (2.5 cm) or less across. It is more cold hardy and more tolerant of shade.
Lesser Periwinkle
Wrightia antidysenterica
Nerium antidysentericum, Nerium zeylanicum, Wrightia zeylanica ...
Sparkling periwinkle-blue blooms dance atop borage's fuzzy stems and leaves. A beauty in the garden, annual borage faithfully comes back from seed each year, quickly filling in a space.
Vinca. Periwinkle. Good nectar plant for butterflies. Introduced.
Photo by the author exclusively for Bermuda Online.
Viola. Introduced.
Giant steps periwinkle, a variety of Vinca major
A display of the flower of subsp. hirsuta
Flower of Vinca major ...
Vinca minor Periwinkle
perennial, average care
created by chief cultivator
zones: 3a thru 8b ...
Vinca
Madagascar Periwinkle
Celosia argentea var. plumosa
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bigleaf periwinkle Vinca major
bilobed speedwell; two-lobe speedwell Veronica biloba
bird cherry Prunus avium
bird vetch Vicia cracca
bird-of-paradise shrub Caesalpinia gilliesii
birds-foot trefoil Lotus corniculatus ...
Herbaceous Periwinkle [English]: Vinca herbacea
Herbaceous Seepweed [English]: Suaeda maritima richii
Herbe à épée [French]: Paspalum scrobiculatum
Herbe à Balai [French]: Thysanolaena latifolia ...
Catharantus roseus, Vinca rosea (Madagascar Periwinkle, Vinca, Family: Apocynaceae)
Catophractes alexandri (Trumpet Thorn, Family: Bignoniaceae)
Cattleya sp., Laelia sp. (Cattleya Orchid, Family: Orchidaceae) ...
Leatherleaf Viburnum Viburnum setigerum Tea viburnum Viburnum x burkwoodii Burkwood Viburnum Viburnum x juddii Judd Viburnum Viburnum x pragense Pragense Viburnum Viburnum x rhytidophylloides Lantanaphyllum Viburnum Vinca major Large Periwinkle Vinca ...
Among the old Anglo-Saxon herbals both Mandrake and periwinkle are endowed with mysterious powers against demoniacal possession.
Madagascar Periwinkle (Catharanthus roseus)
African Violet (the trailing varieties, Saintpaulia ionantha)
Amethyst Flower (Browallia speciosa)
Primula (Primula obconica)
Lucky Clover (Oxalis)
Jerusalem Cherry (Solanum pseudocapsicum) ...
Chamaedaphne, from the Greek camaidafnh (chamaidaphne), the name for the common Periwinkle (Vinca herbacea), a compound of camai (chamai) "on the ground" and dafnh (daphne), the name for the Sweet Bay Laurel (Laurus nobilis), ...
Catharanthus roseus, Apocynaceae, VINCA, MADAGASCAR PERIWINKLE
Leaves opposite, oblong, glossy dark green. Flowers are rose-pink to mauve, to white. Slender corolla tube about 1" long. Most grow upright to 18" tall but there are trailing varieties.
Nombres relacionados: Apocynaceae (familia), Dominica (castellano), Flor del príncipe (castellano), Lochnera rosea (sinónimo), Madagascar Periwinkle (inglés), Nomedejes (castellano), Pervenche de Madagascar (francés), Pervinca tropical (castellano), ...
Abuta, Andiroba, Annato, Billy Goat Weed, Bitter Melon, Cassava, Cat's Claw, Cayenne Pepper, Copaiba, Curcuma xanthorriza, Greater Periwinkle, Guava, Jatoba, Lesser Periwinkle, Mimosa pudica, Passionflower, Pau d' Arco, Phyllanthus Amarus, ...
Madagascar Periwinkle is an annual that is very tolerant of hot, dry climates and relatively infertile soils, flowering prolifically under these difficult conditions.
Species and varieties
Vinca major (Periwinkle)
Vinca minor (Dwarf Periwinkle)
Vinca rosea synonym of Catharanthus roseus (Vinca, Madagascar Periwinkle) ...
Groundcover plants including Lonicera pileata, periwinkle, Rubus tricolor and Rubus calycinoides.
Hedging plants such as box, cherry laurel, Escallonia, holly, Lonicera nitida, Portuguese laurel and privet.
Roses can be interplanted with small shrubs, perennials, annuals, bulbs, and some ground covers, such as ajuga and periwinkle. Ivy, however, is usually too aggressive, growing into the rose plants and robbing them of fertilizer and water.
Periwinkle (Vinca) is often used in landscaping. The oleander (Nerium oleander) is grown as an ornamental (and toxic) shrub in warmer parts of our country. Oleander contains cardiac glycosides.
Vinca minor 'Illumination'
PERIWINKLE
Violas (Pansy)
Viola 'Penny Orange Jump Up'
PENNY ORANGE-JUMP-UP ...
Common name(s): Madagascar periwinkle, Vinka Catharanthus roseus G. Don (Vinca rosea L.) ...
Blue stars are related to dogbanes (Apocynum), oleander (Nerium), and periwinkles (Vinca), and produce a similarly milky sap which can be messy.
these lindens for their long, straight trunks and dense canopy of heart-shaped leaves (there are also small, pale yellow, delightfully fragrant flowers in summer-but be aware that they do attract bees). The saplings are underplanted with periwinkle ...
A person with lymphocytic leukemia has a 99% chance that the disease will go into remission because of the rosy periwinkle. More than 1,400 varieties of tropical plants are thought to be potential cures for cancer.
(Saxifrage) Convallaria (Lily-of-the-Valley) Epimedium Euonymus fortunei (Wintercreeper Euonymus) Galax Galium Hedera (English Ivy) Hypericum (St. John's Wort) Juniperus (Junipers) Liriope Pachysandra (Japanese Spurge) Sedum Vinca (Periwinkle, ...
Periwinkle
Dwarf Vinca minor
Large Vinca major
Pernettya
Chilean Gaultheria mucronata (formerly Pernettya mucronata)
Persimmon
Common Diospyros virginiana
Japanese, Chinese, Oriental Diospyros kaki
Texas, Mexican, Black Diospyros texana
Petunia ...
 See also: Green, Vinca, May, Evergreen, Grass
  
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