Buy Beautiful Vinca Flowers - Catharanthus Roseus Plant for Sale
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Original price
Rs. 360.00
Original price
Rs. 360.00
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Original price
Rs. 360.00
Original price
Rs. 360.00
Current price
Rs. 320.00
Rs. 320.00
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Rs. 320.00
Current price
Rs. 320.00
- Common name:
- Trailing Vinca
- Regional name:
- Hindi - Sada-bahar, Bengali - Nayantara, Malayalam - Kasithumpa, Marathi - Sada-phuli, Punjabi - Rattan Jot, Tamil - Sudukadu Mallikai, Telugu - Billaganneru
Category:
- Flowering Pot Plants, Groundcovers
- Family:
- Apocynaceae or Plumeria or Oleander family
- Light:
- Sun growing
- Water:
- Normal, Can tolerate less
- Primarily grown for:
- Flowers
- Flowering season:
- Year-around flowering
- Flower or Inflorescence color:
- Various colored flowers available viz., Red, Pink, White, Purple, Salmon
- Foliage color:
- Green
- Plant Height or length:
- Less than 50 cms
- Plant Spread or Width:
- 50 cms to 100 cms
- Plant Form:
- Spreading
- Special Character:
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- Good for Edges ie very small hedge or border
- Attracts butterflies
- Attracts bees
- Hanging or weeping growth habit
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Plant Description:
- - These are trailing hybrids of the old vinca varieties.
- They bear masses of large flowers.
- They have been bred for hanging baskets and pots.
- There is a very big color range available.
- They low water tolerance makes it extremely difficult to grow these plants in the monsoon. In fact they are best grown from November to June.
- They do grow in other months but the rain gets to them. -
Growing tips:
- - Full sun is required for best performance.
- Plants do not like too much water.
- Excess water causes wilt and damage to plants due to the attack of arial phytopthora.
- Do not plant into a very big pot.
- Plants do not take the cold very well.
- Usually are treated as annuals.