Is their a flower that is called Vinca?

Question

I just planted annuals and I can't find the card it came with. It has nice glossy dark green leaves and a pink about 5 petaled flower with a red center. I'd like to also know if this does ok in the shade if in fact it's a Vinca.

thanx

Answer 1

Yes:

Vinca (from Latin vincire "to bind, fetter") or Periwinkle is a genus of five species in the family Apocynaceae, native to Europe, northwest Africa and southwest Asia. The common name periwinkle is shared with the related genus Catharanthus.

They are subshrubs or herbaceous, and have slender trailing stems 1-2 m (3-6 feet) long but not growing more than 20-70 cm (8-30 inches) above ground; the stems frequently take root where they touch the ground, enabling the plant to spread widely. The leaves are opposite, simple broad lanceolate to ovate, 1-9 cm (0.25-3.5 inches) long and 0.5-6 cm (0.25-2.25 inches) broad; they are evergreen in four species, but deciduous in the herbaceous V. herbacea, which dies back to the root system in winter. Vinca will spread extremely fast.

The flowers, produced through most of the year, are salverform (like those of Phlox), simple, 2.5-7 cm (1-3 inches) broad, with five usually violet (occasionally white) petals joined together at the base to form a tube. The fruit consists of a group of divergent follicles; a dry fruit which is dehiscent along one rupture site in order to release seeds.

Answer 2

yes very true the name is Vinca rosea or Sadaphually(Indian origin)

The colour is fine

Another one is PUrpuls, white may be others too. try them too they flower almost everytime so they are worth planting.

Answer 3

Yup, there is a flower called a vinca.  And they grow best in full shade to partial sun.  I had some in my garden and they grew beautifully in spaces from full shade to full sun, so they were pretty hardy.  :)

Answer 4

Yes, there is the perennial Vinca commonly called periwinkle and consists of evergreen subshrubs or herbaceous perennials with long trailing stems. Here are the species: Vinca difformis, V. herbacea, V. major, and V. minor.

Growing information:http://www.hcs.ohio-state.edu/hcs/TMI/Pl...

Here is a link to show you the plant:

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And, there is the bedding variety of Catharanthus which is also commonly called periwinkle. This is genus has 8 species of annuals or perennial herbs. The most common is Catharanthus roseus (Madagascar periwinkle, old maid, cayenne jasmine, rose periwinkle).

Here is a link for the Catharanthus: http://images.search.yahoo.com/search/im...

Growing information: http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/hort/consu...

Hope this helps you out!