Day 95: purple periwinkle

April 5, 2021 Andrew O'Brien

I think I was virulently opposed to vinca at an earlier point in my gardening life – something to do with having to liberate a dry slope from the clutches of an unappreciated greater periwinkle…

Day 101: purple periwinkle

April 11, 2019 Andrew O'Brien

This is the flower that cured me of my indifference to vinca. One glimpse of that little, deep violet face peering up at me from a tangle of small, dark green leaves, and I was hooked…

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