Bought this plug from the GC today labelled simply as
"Hanging Vinca". Is it really a Vinca? For shade or sun,
for wet or dry? Thanks.
I've never seen a vinca with flowers like that
Me neither nut. The flower looks a little snapdragon- y
Was there no other info with it Dimwit?
Could it be this type of thing?
https://www.provenwinners.com/plants/vinca/variegated-vinca-vine-vinca-major-variegata
Scroll to bottom of page for pic with flowers. Found this via a google search, never seen it personally.
Edit: click on images, next to overview at bottom of page to see the flowering pic.
I messed the link up
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The link worked Kitty - you're better than me anyway - I can't get links to work at all
The flowers on Dimwit's pic looked quite 'fleshy' - but the foliage does look the same. Perhaps it's the angle of the pic....
..or my eyesight
I agree with the snadragon-y flowers. Are'nt vinca leaves (which I don´t know) shiny like Catharanthus'?
The flowers also remind me of Thunbergia erecta, but are my eyes being blurred by the sight of them?
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Don't look like my vinca - my vinca flowers are 'flatter' - that one has a more pronounced dunk in the middle (technical term)
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Based on your comment DW, try Thunbergia grandiflora variegata.
You did it nut, as usual. That´s the plant!
I can't claim responsibility DW, you said Thunbergia, by then I was determined to find the answer
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I've never seen a vinca with flowers like that
In the sticks near Peterborough
Me neither nut. The flower looks a little snapdragon- y
Was there no other info with it Dimwit?
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Could it be this type of thing?
https://www.provenwinners.com/plants/vinca/variegated-vinca-vine-vinca-major-variegata
Scroll to bottom of page for pic with flowers. Found this via a google search, never seen it personally.
Edit: click on images, next to overview at bottom of page to see the flowering pic.
I messed the link up
Last edited: 24 March 2017 18:39:04
The link worked Kitty - you're better than me anyway - I can't get links to work at all
The flowers on Dimwit's pic looked quite 'fleshy' - but the foliage does look the same. Perhaps it's the angle of the pic....
..or my eyesight
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I agree with the snadragon-y flowers. Are'nt vinca leaves (which I don´t know) shiny like Catharanthus'?
The flowers also remind me of Thunbergia erecta, but are my eyes being blurred by the sight of them?
Last edited: 24 March 2017 19:00:32
Don't look like my vinca - my vinca flowers are 'flatter' - that one has a more pronounced dunk in the middle (technical term)
Last edited: 24 March 2017 19:13:36
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Based on your comment DW, try Thunbergia grandiflora variegata.
In the sticks near Peterborough
You did it nut, as usual. That´s the plant!
I can't claim responsibility DW, you said Thunbergia, by then I was determined to find the answer
In the sticks near Peterborough