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per·i·win·kle

(per'i-wing'kĕl),
Cathoranthus roseus formerly classified as Vinca rosea, Lochnera rosea, or Ammocallis rosea.
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Davies and his colleague Janine Blackwell have measured the thickness of new and reused trails of a common periwinkle (Littorina littorea), which creeps along rocky Atlantic shores.
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I like to see a thick carpet of periwinkle flowers and will use some of our cuttings and plant them in between the original plants I put in, filling the spaces in between so that finally they are two or three inches apart.
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Rather than removing the fence, which would have been quite expensive, or disguising it with vines or shrubs, the owners had it painted periwinkle blue.
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periwinkle blue hands that scale their Gaudi stalks, wild yellow sunbursts ride slender ropes, a hundred luscious lavenders clump in bowls.
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A winner at Thurles five days earlier, Bizet took command on the approach to the penultimate flight to beat Periwinkle Lad by three and a half lengths.
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He uses one drug--an extract from the endangered rosy periwinkle plant--to treat young cancer patients.
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Once the mixture starts boiling, add the okazi leave, water leaves and periwinkle. When the okazi leaves become soft and the water dries up a bit, add salt and allow the contents to simmer for five minutes.
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Alternatives include creeping cotoneaster, carrying delightful flowers, foliage and berry, and perennial periwinkle vinca, which will grow easily across any ground, bringing bright green foliage and purple flowers.
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ERIC HILSDON AYLSHAM NORFOLK HI ERIC, Yes, the plant is named correctly - it is Vinca rosea, otherwise known as the Madagascar periwinkle.
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