{"id":3250,"date":"2002-02-21T16:22:55","date_gmt":"2002-02-21T21:22:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/hla\/sites\/yardandgarden\/?p=3250"},"modified":"2017-03-01T16:24:19","modified_gmt":"2017-03-01T21:24:19","slug":"2002-year-of-the-vinca","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/hla\/sites\/yardandgarden\/2002-year-of-the-vinca\/","title":{"rendered":"2002 Year of the Vinca"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: Palatino\">Each year, the <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ngb.org\/\"><span style=\"font-family: Palatino\">National Garden Bureau<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Palatino\"> selects a flower to promote, and this year the annual garden flower known as vinca is the star of the show! Vinca is a popular annual bedding plant in the Midwest with loads of single-flower blooms in shades of red, pink and white.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Palatino\">More accurately identified botanically as <i>Catharanthus<\/i>, there is much confusion regarding the name of this plant. <i>Catharanthus<\/i> is the sun-loving, summer-flowering plant that is grown as an annual in Midwestern climates. The true Vincas, <i>Vinca minor<\/i> and <i>Vinca major<\/i>, have similar flowers in shades of blue-purple and are shade-loving, woody, ground cover plants. Originally, <i>Catharanthus<\/i> was named <i>Vinca roseus<\/i>, and by the time botanists reclassified the plant as <i>Catharanthus<\/i>, the name vinca was commonly used.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Palatino\"><i>Catharanthus roseus<\/i> has rose-colored blooms, but in modern times, it has been hybridized with other <i>Catharanthus<\/i> species to broaden the color range to include scarlet, red, peach, pink, white, and those with a contrasting color center or &#8220;eye.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Palatino\">Vinca should be readily available as started plants at local greenhouses, but it is easy to grow from seed, as long as you have a warm, sunny spot indoors. You&#8217;ll need to start the seeds 10-12 weeks before the average date of last spring frost.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Wait until danger of frost has passed for your area before transplanting outdoors. Vinca does best in a sunny, well-drained location. Most cultivars grow about 1 &#8211; 1 1\/2 feet tall, but new cultivars are being developed for a more dwarf, sprawling habit. Vinca is also well-adapted to container gardens.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Each year, the National Garden Bureau selects a flower to promote, and this year the annual garden flower known as vinca is the star of the show! Vinca is a popular annual bedding plant in the Midwest with loads of single-flower blooms in shades of red, pink and white. More accurately identified botanically as Catharanthus, there is much confusion regarding the name of this plant. 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