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Periwinkle (Vinca)
Is the name of about a dozen species of small, evergreen flowering shrubs and ground-cover plants.
They are best known for the intense blue or purple-blue colour of their flowers. Periwinkles are native to Europe, Africa, and Asia, and have been introduced to many other countries as ornamental plants.
The greater periwinkle and lesser periwinkle are low, spreading undershrubs (shrubs that grow under bushes). They have dark green, broad, spear-shaped leathery leaves. They are usually planted in shady positions in parks and gardens. The Madagascar periwinkle is a tropical species with rose pink flowers. An extract from it stops the growth of certain types of human tumours and is used as an anticancer drug.
Scientific classification
Periwinkles belong to the family Apocynaceae. The greater periwinkle is Vinca major; the lesser periwinkle is V. minors; the Madagascar periwinkle is V. rosea.
The lesser periwinkle grows in shady places, such as on banks and in woods. It has thin wiry stems, narrow leaves, and purple-blue flowers.
Copied from Worldbook Encyclopedia purchased many years ago (over 20 years) for my children.
The following are some photos planted and propagated from periwinkles around the yard over the years.
Some of the pictures too are of seedlings growth from plant nurseries like Aberfeldy and Sousa's in Bermuda.
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Photos by Shirley-Ann Pearman
Pictures taken at home garden in yard.
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