Native to temperate regions across Europe, periwinkle is an impressive ground cover plant that will thrive wherever it is planted. Growing best from US hardiness zone 3 to zone 9, periwinkle will ...

Flowering Plant of the Month Latin Name: Catharanthus roseus. Common Name: Vinca, periwinkle. Planting Months: Transplants April-June Cold Tolerance: Tender. Light Requirements: Full sun to… ...

Vinca is a good example. Periwinkle is the common name for this pretty plant that belongs to the dogbane or Apocynaceae family. But which plant are you talking about? Vinca major, vinca minor, ...

Dear N.S.: Myrtle is a common name for Vinca minor, a hardy mostly evergreen trailing woody plant that is used as a groundcover.It is native to Europe. It has small pale violet blue flowers in the ...

If Churchill were a gardener, he could have used similar words to describe Madagascar periwinkle or annual vinca […] Skip to content. All Sections. Subscribe Now. 47°F.

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 ...

There’s a spot at The Farm where Vinca minor has been growing happily for at least 14 years, nestled in dappled light in the shade of some trees. I’ve watched ...

Vinpocetine, first discovered in the 1960s, is produced in the lab by chemically altering vincamine, a compound from the Vinca minor periwinkle plant. In some countries, such as Germany, it’s ...

Q. I read about true red vincas a couple of years ago, but every time I ask at a nursery about this plant, they mention `Pacifica' periwinkle. This is a red, but not a deep, true red. Do you know ...

In the field of medicine, many life-saving drugs have been developed from plants. In this category, few have been as successfully employed as the rosy periwinkle, Cathanthus roseus.