Periwinkle is native to North America, Europe, China and India. It is a semi woody evergreen perennial, and is known by three names: Vinca, Periwinkle (or Madagascar periwinkle), and Myrtle.
Flowers can be either male, female or both. I'm not sure if the periwinkle is any specific 'gender'. I'd say the either or both applies for all flowers.
Fruit nor Flowers.
Periwinkle and lavender are both light purplish blue colors. Periwinkle is normally more blue, while lavender is more purple. Objects that are these colors include certain eye-shadows, and the lavendar and lilac flowers.
Yes, Plants that produce flowers are called Angiosperms. You are correct.
One can pick periwinkle flowers anywhere they are grown and are allowed to pick them. Many gardeners grow periwinkle flowers and you can also find them in the wild.
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Periwinkle is native to North America, Europe, China and India. It is a semi woody evergreen perennial, and is known by three names: Vinca, Periwinkle (or Madagascar periwinkle), and Myrtle.
Flowers can be either male, female or both. I'm not sure if the periwinkle is any specific 'gender'. I'd say the either or both applies for all flowers.
Yes, they will grow for many years. If they become sparse, cut them back.
A wet nice area for them to maintain all there water
The periwinkle plant contains substances that are effective against leukemia. In fact, Vinblastine and vincristine are alkaloids found in perwinkle that are approved by the FDA and are used to make chemotherapy drugs. To read more about medical aspets of periwinkle plants, visit the Related Link.
They don't produce flowers, they produce ame and female cones.
It is not up to the plants when to or not to produce flowers. It depends on how healthy the plant is after fertilisation. The healthier the plant is, the faster it will produce flowers.
no trees exist that don't produce flowers but produce fruit
No, and yes Periwinkle (Cataranthus sp.) is a african/madagascarian genus and does not occur naturally in the Amazon. However, the commen Cataranthus roseus (highly toxic and highly medinal, check it out!) is a pan-tropic weed by now.