Bernieh's Garden
Vinca - Greater Periwinkle
Genus: Vinca.
Species: Vinca major.
Common name: Vinca or Greater Periwinkle
Botanic name: Vinca major
Family: Apocynaceae.
Heat and drought tolerant plants that make excellent ground cover in a well drained hot spot. It is perennial in our warm climate where it will flower for much of the year. Flowers resemble impatiens with five petals and a contrasting eye.
Flowers in summer through autumn.
Is classed as a weed up here in the far north of Australia.
