I've managed to identify most of the plants in my garden but there are one
or two I'm not 100% certain about. A few photos of one of them are here

http://www.jimm.dsl.pipex.com/

I think it is a morning glory but although it is against the wall it doesn't
seem particularly keen to climb. Can anyone confirm exactly what this is

Thanks

Jim

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in article , JimM at
wrote on 20/4/03 4:49 pm:

I've managed to identify most of the plants in my garden but there are one
or two I'm not 100% certain about. A few photos of one of them are here

http://www.jimm.dsl.pipex.com/

I think it is a morning glory but although it is against the wall it doesn't
seem particularly keen to climb. Can anyone confirm exactly what this is

Thanks

Jim

No, that's one of the Vincas, Jim. They make good ground cover and can be
invasive but they're not climbers.
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"JimM" wrote in message
...
I've managed to identify most of the plants in my garden but there are one
or two I'm not 100% certain about. A few photos of one of them are here

http://www.jimm.dsl.pipex.com/

I think it is a morning glory but although it is against the wall it
doesn't
seem particularly keen to climb. Can anyone confirm exactly what this is

Thanks

Jim


I think it is Vinca Major.

Natalie

in article 1ftq6no.12au7my1xaey0wN%00senetnospam@macunlimited .net, Jim W at
wrote on 20/4/03 6:49 pm:

JimM wrote:


I've managed to identify most of the plants in my garden but there are one
or two I'm not 100% certain about. A few photos of one of them are here

http://www.jimm.dsl.pipex.com/

I think it is a morning glory but although it is against the wall it doesn't
seem particularly keen to climb. Can anyone confirm exactly what this is


It is as people have said a Vinca.. Looks like Vinca major to me..
sometimes known as 'Morning Glory' but not to be confused with other
plants that share the same common name.

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Interesting. I have never heard of Vinca as Morning Glory, only Ipomoea.
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"Jim W" wrote in message
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JimM wrote:


I've managed to identify most of the plants in my garden but there are
one
or two I'm not 100% certain about. A few photos of one of them are here

http://www.jimm.dsl.pipex.com/

I think it is a morning glory but although it is against the wall it
doesn't
seem particularly keen to climb. Can anyone confirm exactly what this is


It is as people have said a Vinca.. Looks like Vinca major to me..

I agree, although I'm a pretty novice gardener.

We have just dug sackloads of the stuff from the back garden and it has
most of the front garden in its grasp.. You have to admire its success
though and it 'IS' pretty in flower..

It looks lovely when it flowers, and it flowers for ages too - I just pull
the bits out of the ground that I don't want and cut it back if it gets too
bushy - not too technical, but it always bounces back.

Saffy.

snip
Interesting. I have never heard of Vinca as Morning Glory, only Ipomoea.

I just call it periwinkle, I have one that is climbing over a dead shrub
and it looks very pretty :-)
kate

in article , Kate Morgan at
wrote on 20/4/03 10:28 pm:

snip
Interesting. I have never heard of Vinca as Morning Glory, only Ipomoea.

I just call it periwinkle, I have one that is climbing over a dead shrub
and it looks very pretty :-)
kate

Yes, periwinkle is its common name - pretty name too, IMO.
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Sacha wrote in
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I've managed to identify most of the plants in my garden but there
are one or two I'm not 100% certain about. A few photos of one of
them are here

http://www.jimm.dsl.pipex.com/

I think it is a morning glory but although it is against the wall it
doesn't seem particularly keen to climb. Can anyone confirm exactly
what this is

Thanks

Jim

No, that's one of the Vincas, Jim. They make good ground cover and
can be invasive but they're not climbers.

Vinca Major can be trained up a trellis, though you have to keep on at it,
as it has no tendrils or natural twining habit.

It's naturally a trailer rather than a climber, so if you can put it at the
top of a wall, rather than bottom of a fence, it will cover it happily.

Victoria

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in article , Kate Morgan at
wrote on 20/4/03 10:28 pm:

snip
Interesting. I have never heard of Vinca as Morning Glory, only Ipomoea.

I just call it periwinkle, I have one that is climbing over a dead shrub
and it looks very pretty :-)
kate

Yes, periwinkle is its common name - pretty name too, IMO.

One it shares with a small snail that grubs around rotting seaweed in
the higher reaches of the tide-washed beach ;-)
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On Sun, 20 Apr 2003 22:28:38 +0100, Kate Morgan
wrote:

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Interesting. I have never heard of Vinca as Morning Glory, only Ipomoea.

I just call it periwinkle, I have one that is climbing over a dead shrub
and it looks very pretty :-)

I am really happy to have V. obscura (or is it oscura?) which has a
mauvey shade and flowers more bell shaped like than those of minor and
major spp. Moreover it stands upright and clumpy showing a good
display of flowers - rather than slinking of instantly for overland
travels like the other two. I love it.


Huss
Grow a little garden

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in article , Hussein M. at
wrote on 21/4/03 9:59 am:

On Sun, 20 Apr 2003 22:28:38 +0100, Kate Morgan
wrote:

snip
Interesting. I have never heard of Vinca as Morning Glory, only Ipomoea.

I just call it periwinkle, I have one that is climbing over a dead shrub
and it looks very pretty :-)

I am really happy to have V. obscura (or is it oscura?) which has a
mauvey shade and flowers more bell shaped like than those of minor and
major spp. Moreover it stands upright and clumpy showing a good
display of flowers - rather than slinking of instantly for overland
travels like the other two. I love it.


My favourite is the double flowered form, V. minor florepleno IIRC.
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On Mon, 21 Apr 2003 10:17:50 +0100, Sacha
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in article , Hussein M. at
wrote on 21/4/03 9:59 am:

On Sun, 20 Apr 2003 22:28:38 +0100, Kate Morgan
wrote:

snip
Interesting. I have never heard of Vinca as Morning Glory, only Ipomoea.

I just call it periwinkle, I have one that is climbing over a dead shrub
and it looks very pretty :-)

I am really happy to have V. obscura (or is it oscura?) which has a
mauvey shade and flowers more bell shaped like than those of minor and
major spp. Moreover it stands upright and clumpy showing a good
display of flowers - rather than slinking of instantly for overland
travels like the other two. I love it.


My favourite is the double flowered form, V. minor florepleno IIRC.

The one I won't allow is major. My goodness it can get as
troublesome as ground elder. Alright I suppose if you have bags of
space though.

Huss

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