Show Periwinkle I 6 I s i Periwinkles furnish Curnish glossy leaves lea and large white pink or rose flowers for that hot spot pot In times gone by periwinkles were used for tor making chaplets j to be placed around the heads of important persons In fact the name periwinkle comes from the Latin words for bind and about Nowadays gardeners find periwinkle a useful plant for hot spots inthe inthe in inthe the garden as it tolerates heat so well Periwinkles Periwinkle are upright growing grow grow- In ing bushy little plants most about a foot and a half high All kinds have glossy leaves and large single blooms These are white pink or rose often with an eye or center of or another another an other color Thus the variety Bright Eyes has white flowers with rose eyes while Twinkles is blush pink with a bright bricht red eye ec t r haloed with rose Periwinkles are easily grown from Irom seeds bloom all summer and fall all and nd never are arc troubled by diseases or insert pests i Wouldn't they be a fine addi lion to your garden I |