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Common Periwinkle
Latin Name:
Vinca minor
location:
Europe and western Asia
The Common Periwinkle, which is also referred as Vinca minor, is normally found around Europe and western Asia. To recognize it it is mainly a low, trailing groundcover, making it a beautiful plant In the summer, its foliage is more or less simple leaves, margins entire and in the automn it is more or less evergreen, no fall color. The Common Periwinkle (Vinca minor) also has flowers being species has blue flowers and the fruits it has are not ornamentally noticeable. An interesting thing is its bark, where we can see stems are so slender that bark is not an ornamental feature on it. An interesting fact about the way it is cultured would be that prefers partial shade However, a bad thing with the Common Periwinkle can be that blight, canker, dieback and leaf spot We can easily recognize a Vinca minor with its stems exude milky sap when broken. The Common Periwinkle's propagation method is very special since it performs it by division or cuttings
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