Talk:Vinca minor

Myrtle as alternate name

Vinca minor is very well-known and commonly cultivated in North America and "creeping myrtle" and "vinca" are very widely used as common names for this species, both by gardeners and in the horticultural trade. I've restored this information along with a link to a reputable horticultural website which is not as regionally biased as MPF seems to think, and which will confirm this information. MrDarwin 17:02, 26 August 2006 (UTC)

Actually, that "reputable horticultural website" contains several errors, and is regionally biased - MPF 17:29, 26 August 2006 (UTC)

Also a google search for [ vinca "creeping myrtle" ] gives only 629 hits, compared to 159,000 hits for [ vinca "periwinkle" ] (ratio 1:253) - that is not exactly 'common' or 'very widely used', more like 'insignificant' and 'scarcely worth mentioning'. - MPF 01:10, 27 August 2006 (UTC)

No time right now, but I'll be coming back to this article later. In the meantime I'll be happy to look for a better horticultural reference if you would be so kind as to point out the "several errors" in OSU's Vinca minor page. I'm scratching my head and trying to figure out just what you're referring to, and thought it would be nice to provide a reference that is easily accessible to the many Wikipedia user who don't have the luxury of a botanical or horticultural library at their fingertips. Isn't the ability to link to other websites supposed to be one of the great things about Wikipedia?

BTW "creeping myrtle" may have gotten you "only" 629 hits on a Google search (is that our arbiter for including common names now?) but if you do a Google search on vinca myrtle, you will get about 57,500 hits. My mistake, I forgot that just plain "myrtle" is quite a common name for this species. MrDarwin 05:06, 27 August 2006 (UTC)

vinca minor.........medical benefits ?

are there any med. benefits re vinca minor ? what is it supposed to be good for ?

Does it have to be good for something? I find that many people think all plants are good for something!Osborne 19:59, 16 February 2015 (UTC)

Cultivation

I'm not sure cultivation is the right word, but I'd like to see more information in an article like this about the range or growing requirements for the subject plant. In particular, is this a good ground cover for shady areas (it is). Or, is such information either clearly out of the scope of the article, or does it vary greatly by region--I mean, maybe in the area I live in, vinca minor does good in shade, but maybe in other areas (maybe more northern areas) it requires full sun?

PS (OT): I've edited a fair number of articles on wikipedia (while logged in), and always check the "Watch this box" page, yet I've never gotten an email notification of anyone else doing a subsequent edit. What am I missing?

Rhkramer (talk) 10:54, 4 June 2010 (UTC)

Number of petals

Hello wiki denizens! I was trying to identify a flower that grows under the hedges around my apartment, and appears commonly throughout the area I live (southern Connecicut). It certainly looks an awful lot like periwinkle to me, but the specimens around my apartment all have six petals (for example: http://i54.tinypic.com/25iwwlz.jpg). Is this a different cultivar, a mutation? It took me a while to find the plant because I was looking for descriptions that included 'six petals'... I don't know if this is relevant to the article, but thought there might be some interest here. --128.36.184.62 (talk) 17:12, 11 May 2011 (UTC)

leaves appear whorled

• "Its leaves are simple and arranged oppositely on the stem, though sometimes the nodes are so close together that two pairs of leaves seem to form a whorl." (ReBecca Sonday climbers.lsa.umich.edu/?p=170 detailed technical description)

The leaves are almost always described as "opposite" but can appear to be four-leaf whorled. This seems to be the explanation.-71.174.176.65 (talk) 21:40, 15 April 2016 (UTC)

Which parts of the plant contain the alkaloids ?

Which parts of the plant contain the alkaloids ? Flowers, seeds?, leaves, stems, roots ?? Which parts are processed for commercial extraction ? - Rod57 (talk) 10:47, 10 June 2016 (UTC)